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The fuzzy-sphere regularisation is a powerful tool to study conformal field theories (CFT) in three spacetime dimensions. In this paper, we extend its scope to CFTs with local fermionic operators. We realise the free-Majorana-fermion CFT on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-27 Zheng Zhou , Davide Gaiotto , Yin-Chen He

Recently introduced ''fuzzy sphere'' method has enabled accurate numerical regularizations of certain three-dimensional (3D) conformal field theories (CFTs). The regularization is provided by the non-commutative geometry of the lowest…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-25 Cristian Voinea , Ruihua Fan , Nicolas Regnault , Zlatko Papić

We present a model for strongly interacting fermions with internal O(3) symmetry on the fuzzy-sphere that (i) preserves the rotational symmetry of the fuzzy sphere and (ii) undergoes a quantum phase transition in the (2+1)-dimensional O(3)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-26 Arjun Dey , Loic Herviou , Christopher Mudry , Andreas Martin Läuchli

The quest to discover new 3D CFTs has been intriguing for physicists. For this purpose, fuzzy sphere reguarlisation that studies interacting quantum systems defined on the lowest Landau level on a sphere has emerged as a powerful tool. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-18 Zheng Zhou , Yin-Chen He

Defects in conformal field theory (CFT) are of significant theoretical and experimental importance. The presence of defects theoretically enriches the structure of the CFT, but at the same time, it makes it more challenging to study,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-06-04 Liangdong Hu , Yin-Chen He , W. Zhu

A fuzzy circle and a fuzzy 3-sphere are constructed as subspaces of fuzzy complex projective spaces, of complex dimension one and three, by modifying the Laplacians on the latter so as to give unwanted states large eigenvalues. This leaves…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Brian P. Dolan , Denjoe O'Connor

Boundaries not only are fundamental elements in nearly all realistic physical systems, but also greatly enrich the structure of quantum field theories. In this paper, we demonstrate that conformal field theory (CFT) with a boundary, known…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-29 Zheng Zhou , Yijian Zou

The lowest Landau level on the sphere was recently proposed as a continuum regularization of the three-dimensional conformal field theories, the so-called fuzzy sphere regularization. In this note, we propose an explicit construction of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-13 Ruihua Fan

We introduce a simple model to realize the free real scalar CFT on the fuzzy sphere. The model is structurally similar to the original model that realizes the 3D Ising CFT on the fuzzy sphere. Owing to the shift symmetry of the free scalar,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-19 Yin-Chen He

Free theories are landmarks in the landscape of quantum field theories: their exact solvability serves as a pillar for perturbative constructions of interacting theories. Fuzzy sphere regularization, which combines quantum Hall physics with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-01 Joseph Taylor , Cristian Voinea , Zlatko Papić , Ruihua Fan

The three-dimensional cubic conformal field theory governs the critical behaviour of Heisenberg magnets with cubic anisotropy. Studying this theory non-perturbatively is challenging, because its most easily accessible observables are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-29 Andreas Stergiou

Supersymmetric conformal field theories (SCFTs) form a unique subset of quantum field theories which provide powerful insights into strongly coupled critical phenomena. Here, we present a microscopic and non-perturbative realization of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-01 Yin Tang , Cristian Voinea , Liangdong Hu , Zlatko Papić , W. Zhu

The fuzzy sphere method has enjoyed great success in the study of (2+1)-dimensional unitary conformal field theories (CFTs) by regularizing them as quantum Hall transitions on the sphere. Here, we extend this approach to the Yang-Lee…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-13 Ruihua Fan , Junkai Dong , Ashvin Vishwanath

Fuzzy spaces are obtained by quantizing adjoint orbits of compact semi-simple Lie groups. Fuzzy spheres emerge from quantizing S^2 and are associated with the group SU(2) in this manner. They are useful for regularizing quantum field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. P. Balachandran , S. Kurkcuoglu

We study at zero temperature a microscopic quantum spin-1 model on the fuzzy sphere that realizes the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher conformal field theory (CFT) in $(2+1)$-dimensional spacetime at a quantum critical point. Here, we use the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-29 Arjun Dey , Loic Herviou , Christopher Mudry , Slava Rychkov , Andreas Martin Läuchli

We investigate the conformal algebra on the fuzzy sphere, and in particular the generators of translations and special conformal transformations which are emergent symmetries in the infinite IR but are broken along the RG flow. We show how…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-22 Giulia Fardelli , A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Emanuel Katz

We propose a systematic approach to constructing microscopic models with fractional excitations in three-dimensional (3D) space. Building blocks are quantum wires described by the (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) associated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-19 Yohei Fuji , Akira Furusaki

We construct spherical harmonics for fuzzy spheres of even and odd dimensions, generalizing the correspondence between finite matrix algebras and fuzzy two-spheres. The finite matrix algebras associated with the various fuzzy spheres have a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Sanjaye Ramgoolam

The entanglement entropy of an arbitrary spacetime region $A$ in a three-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) contains a constant universal coefficient, $F(A)$. For general theories, the value of $F(A)$ is minimized when $A$ is a round…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-26 Pablo Bueno , Horacio Casini , Oscar Lasso Andino , Javier Moreno

The fuzzy-sphere regularization is an emerging numerical and theoretical technique for studying conformal field theories (CFTs). In this paper, we apply it to the $O(N)$ vector model, one of the most prominent theories for critical behavior…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-03 Wenhan Guo , Zheng Zhou , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Yin-Chen He
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