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Conformal symmetry is broken by a flat or spherical defect operator $\mathcal{D}$. We show that this defect operator, may be identified as a pair of twist operators which are inserted at the tips of its causal diamond. Any $k-$point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-09 Jiang Long

The Cubic CFT can be understood as the O(3) invariant CFT perturbed by a slightly relevant operator. In this paper, we use conformal perturbation theory together with the conformal data of the O(3) vector model to compute the anomalous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-03 Junchen Rong , Ning Su

We consider correlation functions in symmetric product ($S_N$) orbifold CFTs at large $N$ with arbitrary seed CFT. Specifically, we consider correlators of descendant operators constructed using both the full Virasoro generators $L_{m}$ and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Benjamin A. Burrington , A. W. Peet

We examine the properties of two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with vanishing central charge based on the extended Kac-table for c_(9,6)=0 using a general ansatz for the stress energy tensor residing in a Jordan cell of rank…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-16 Michael Flohr , Annekathrin Mueller-Lohmann

We develop the conformal bootstrap program for six-dimensional conformal field theories with $(2,0)$ supersymmetry, focusing on the universal four-point function of stress tensor multiplets. We review the solution of the superconformal Ward…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Christopher Beem , Madalena Lemos , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees

In large part, the future utility of modern numerical conformal bootstrap depends on its ability to accurately predict the existence of hitherto unknown non-trivial conformal field theories (CFTs). Here we investigate the extent to which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-31 Matthew T. Dowens , Chris A. Hooley

The large-scale behavior of two-dimensional critical percolation is expected to be described by a conformal field theory (CFT). Moreover, this putative CFT is believed to be of the logarithmic type, exhibiting logarithmic corrections to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Federico Camia , Yu Feng

This study delves into the application of Conformal Field Theory (CFT) to understand information diffusion within digital media and its broader social implications. Focusing on the digital native generation, vulnerable to misinformation and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-04-29 Yasuko Kawahata

Neural Network Field Theories (NN-FTs) typically describe Generalized Free Fields that lack a local stress-energy tensor in two dimensions, obstructing the realization of Virasoro symmetry. We present the ``Log-Kernel'' (LK) architecture,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-03 Brandon Robinson

Virasoro constraint is the operator algebra version of one-loop equation for a Hermitian one-matrix model, and it plays an important role in solving the model. We construct the realization of the Virasoro constraint from the Conformal Field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-09-29 Xiang-Mao Ding , Yuping Li , Lingxian Meng

We study a class of nonlocal conformal field theories in two dimensions which are obtained as deformations of the Virasoro minimal models. The construction proceeds by coupling a relevant primary operator $\phi_{r,s}$ of the $m$-th minimal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-03 Connor Behan , Dario Benedetti , Fanny Eustachon , Edoardo Lauria

In this work, we develop the shadow formalism for two-dimensional Galilean conformal field theory (GCFT$_2$). We define the principal series representation of Galilean conformal symmetry group and find its relation with the Wigner…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-02 Bin Chen , Reiko Liu

We analyze the constraints imposed by unitarity and crossing symmetry on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiplet of ${\cal N}=8$ superconformal field theories in three dimensions. We first derive the superconformal blocks by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Shai M. Chester , Jaehoon Lee , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

We investigate two aspects of conformal field theories. In the first part, we study the general 4-point correlator of identical scalars around the fully crossing symmetric point $u=v=1$, where $u,v$ are conformally invariant cross ratios.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-31 Wenliang Li

In this note, we extend the striking connections between quantum integrable systems and conformal blocks recently found in http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.01858 in several directions. First, we explicitly demonstrate that the action of quartic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-07 Heng-Yu Chen , Joshua D. Qualls

We study the Virasoro conformal block decomposition of the genus two partition function of a two-dimensional CFT by expanding around a Z3-invariant Riemann surface that is a three-fold cover of the Riemann sphere branched at four points,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-05 Minjae Cho , Scott Collier , Xi Yin

As anticipated in [1], elaborated in [2-4], and explicitly formulated in [5], the Dotsenko-Fateev integral discriminant coincides with conformal blocks, thus providing an elegant approach to the AGT conjecture, without any reference to an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-05 A. Mironov , A. Morozov , Sh. Shakirov

The conformal bootstrap is applied to percolation and dilute self-avoiding polymers, two theories with Virasoro central charge $c=0$ in two dimensions. In both cases we propose a spectrum of operators motivated by Virasoro symmetry which is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-03 Andre LeClair , Joshua Squires

The singular part of the \textit{operator product expansion} (OPE) of a pair of \textit{globally conformal invariant} (GCI) scalar fields $\phi$ of (integer) dimension $d$ can be written as a sum of the 2-point function of $\phi$ and $d-1$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikolay M. Nikolov , Yassen S. Stanev , Ivan T. Todorov

The $J\bar T$ deformation, built from the components of the stress tensor and of a $U(1)$ current, is a universal irrelevant deformation of two-dimensional CFTs that preserves the left-moving conformal symmetry, while breaking locality on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-22 Monica Guica