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We consider mixed four-point correlators of 1/2-BPS operators $\mathcal{O}_{k}$ in the maximally supersymmetric CFTs, i.e. the 3d $\mathcal{N}=8$, 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$, and 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories. In arXiv:hep-th/0405180, Dolan,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-19 Mitchell Woolley

Correlation functions of CFT operators with infinite scaling dimension are rich, multifaceted objects that describe physics ranging across classical holography, black hole dynamics, and flat-space scattering amplitudes. In this work, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-01 David Poland , Gordon Rogelberg

We consider Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) thought experiments in unitary Conformal Field Theories (CFTs). We explore the implications of the standard dispersion relations for the OPE data. We derive positivity constraints on the OPE…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-22 Zohar Komargodski , Manuela Kulaxizi , Andrei Parnachev , Alexander Zhiboedov

We continue the study of the bosonic $O(N)^3$ model with quartic interactions and long-range propagator. The symmetry group allows for three distinct invariant $\phi^4$ composite operators, known as tetrahedron, pillow and double-trace. As…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-23 Dario Benedetti , Razvan Gurau , Kenta Suzuki

Using the large-charge expansion, we prove a necessary condition for a CFT to exhibit conformal symmetry breaking, under the assumption that a continuous global symmetry is ${\it also}$ broken on the moduli space: there must be a tower of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-07 Gabriel Cuomo , Leonardo Rastelli , Adar Sharon

We introduce a large class of conformally-covariant differential operators and a crossing equation that they obey. Together, these tools dramatically simplify calculations involving operators with spin in conformal field theories. As an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Denis Karateev , Petr Kravchuk , David Simmons-Duffin

We compute tree-level celestial operator product expansions (OPE) in a bosonic sub-sector of the Berkovits-Witten conformal supergravity from the scattering amplitudes in the MHV configuration. While the OPE between a leading soft graviton…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-06 Nirmal Ghorai , Partha Paul , Nemani V. Suryanarayana

In conformal field theory (CFT) on simply connected domains of the Riemann sphere, the natural conformal symmetries under self-maps are extended, in a certain way, to local symmetries under general conformal maps, and this is at the basis…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Benjamin Doyon

We establish that all of the one- and two-dimensional global conformal blocks are, up to some choice of prefactor, free-particle wavefunctions in tensor products of AdS$_3$ or limits thereof. Our first core observation is that the six-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-16 Jean-François Fortin , Wen-Jie Ma , Sarthak Parikh , Lorenzo Quintavalle , Witold Skiba

We report novel analytic results for the Virasoro modular and fusion kernels relevant to 2d conformal field theories (CFTs), 3d topological field theories (TQFTs), and the representation theory of certain quantum groups. For all rational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-27 Julien Roussillon , Ioannis Tsiares

It is shown explicitly that the correlation functions of Conformal Field Theories (CFT) with the logarithmic operators are invariant under the differential realization of Borel subalgebra of $\W_\infty$-algebra. This algebra is constructed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Shafiekhani , M. R. Rahimi Tabar

We derive a dispersion relation for two-point correlation functions in defect conformal field theories. The correlator is expressed as an integral over a (single) discontinuity that is controlled by the bulk channel operator product…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Lorenzo Bianchi , Davide Bonomi

We study conformal twist field four-point functions on a $\mathbb Z_N$ orbifold. We examine in detail the case $N=3$ and analyze theories obtained by replicated $N$-times a minimal model with central charge $c<1$. A fastly convergent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-02 Filiberto Ares , Raoul Santachiara , Jacopo Viti

We derive general bounds on operator dimensions, central charges, and OPE coefficients in 4D conformal and N=1 superconformal field theories. In any CFT containing a scalar primary phi of dimension d we show that crossing symmetry of <phi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-09 David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

This thesis describes a new approach to conformal field theory. This approach combines the method of coadjoint orbits with resolutions and chiral vertex operators to give a construction of the correlation functions of conformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Washington Taylor

The tricritical Ising CFT is the IR fixed-point of $\lambda\phi^6$ theory. It can be seen as a one-parameter family of CFTs connecting between an $\varepsilon$-expansion near the upper critical dimension 3 and the exactly solved minimal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-11 Johan Henriksson

Quantum extremal surfaces are central to the connection between quantum information theory and quantum gravity and they have played a prominent role in the recent progress on the information paradox. We initiate a program to systematically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-07 Alexandre Belin , Sean Colin-Ellerin

In this article, we demonstrate how a 3-point correlation function can capture the out-of-time-ordered features of a higher point correlation function, in the context of a conformal field theory (CFT) with a boundary, in two dimensions. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Suchetan Das , Bobby Ezhuthachan , Arnab Kundu

We study logarithmic conformal field theory (LogCFT) in four dimensions using conformal bootstrap techniques in the large spin limit. We focus on the constraints imposed by conformal symmetry on the four point function of certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-24 Pinaki Banerjee , Parijat Dey

In this long overdue second installment, we continue to develop the conformal bootstrap program for ${\mathcal N}=4$ superconformal field theories in four dimensions via an analysis of the correlation function of four stress-tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 Christopher Beem , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees
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