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Extending previous work on 2 -- and 3 -- point functions, we study the 4 -- point function and its conformal block structure in conformal quantum mechanics CFT$_1$, which realizes the SO(2,1) symmetry group. Conformal covariance is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 R. Jackiw , S. -Y. Pi

We study four-point functions of critical percolation in two dimensions, and more generally of the Potts model. We propose an exact ansatz for the spectrum: an infinite, discrete and non-diagonal combination of representations of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-20 Marco Picco , Sylvain Ribault , Raoul Santachiara

The construction of conformal blocks for the analysis of multipoint correlation functions with $N > 4$ local field insertions is an important open problem in higher dimensional conformal field theory. This is the first in a series of papers…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-18 Ilija Buric , Sylvain Lacroix , Jeremy Mann , Lorenzo Quintavalle , Volker Schomerus

We apply the analytic conformal bootstrap method to study weakly coupled conformal gauge theories in four dimensions. We employ twist conformal blocks to find the most general form of the one-loop four-point correlation function of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Johan Henriksson , Tomasz Lukowski

We formulate a set of general rules for computing $d$-dimensional four-point global conformal blocks of operators in arbitrary Lorentz representations in the context of the embedding space operator product expansion formalism…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-24 Jean-François Fortin , Wen-Jie Ma , Valentina Prilepina , Witold Skiba

It is shown how to obtain conformal blocks from embedding space with the help of the operator product expansion. The minimal conformal block originates from scalar exchange in a four-point correlation functions of four scalars. All…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-08 Jean-François Fortin , Witold Skiba

The explicit computation of higher-point conformal blocks in any dimension is usually a challenging task. For two-dimensional conformal field theories in Euclidean signature, the oscillator formalism proves to be very efficient. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-15 Martin Ammon , Jakob Hollweck , Tobias Hössel , Katharina Wölfl

We propose a method to analytically solve the bootstrap equation for two point functions in boundary CFT. We consider the analytic structure of the correlator in Lorentzian signature and in particular the discontinuity of bulk and boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-14 Agnese Bissi , Tobias Hansen , Alexander Söderberg

To entirely determine the resulting functions of one-loop integrals it is necessary to find the correct analytic continuation to all relevant kinematical regions. We argue that this continuation procedure may be performed in a general and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 L. Bruecher , J. Franzkowski , D. Kreimer

We obtain analytic expressions of four-dimensional Euclidean $N$-point conformal integrals for arbitrary $N$ by solving a Lauricella-like system of differential equations derived earlier. We demonstrate their relation to the GKZ…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-29 Aritra Pal , Koushik Ray

We build the Z$_{3}$ invariants fusion rules associated to the (D$_{4}$,A$_{6}$) conformal algebra. This algebra is known to describe the tri-critical Potts model. The 4-pt correlation functions of critical fields are developed in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Balaska , K. Demmouche

Taylor expansions of analytic functions are considered with respect to several points, allowing confluence of any of them. Cauchy-type formulas are given for coefficients and remainders in the expansions, and the regions of convergence are…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 José L. López , Nico M. Temme

Four-point super-conformal blocks for the N = 1 Neveu-Schwarz algebra are defined in terms of power series of the even super-projective invariant. Coefficients of these expansions are represented both as sums over poles in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Leszek Hadasz , Zbigniew Jaskolski , Paulina Suchanek

In this paper we study that the $q$-Euler numbers and polynomials are analytically continued to $E_q(s)$. A new formula for the Euler's $q$-Zeta function $\zeta_{E,q}(s)$ in terms of nested series of $\zeta_{E,q}(n)$ is derived. Finally we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-01-04 T. Kim

We describe in detail the method used in our previous work arXiv:1611.10344 to study the Wilson-Fisher critical points nearby generalized free CFTs, exploiting the analytic structure of conformal blocks as functions of the conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Ferdinando Gliozzi , Andrea L. Guerrieri , Anastasios C. Petkou , Congkao Wen

In the study of conformal field theories, conformal blocks in the lightcone limit are fundamental to the analytic conformal bootstrap method. Here we consider the lightcone limit of 4-point functions of generic scalar primaries. Based on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-14 Wenliang Li

The decomposition of correlation functions into conformal blocks is an indispensable tool in conformal field theory. For spinning correlators, non-trivial tensor structures are needed to mediate between the conformal blocks, which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Ilija Buric , Mikhail Isachenkov , Volker Schomerus

We study the kinematics of correlation functions of local and extended operators in a conformal field theory. We present a new method for constructing the tensor structures associated to primary operators in an arbitrary bosonic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Edoardo Lauria , Marco Meineri , Emilio Trevisani

We work out all of the details required for implementation of the conformal bootstrap program applied to the four-point function of two scalars and two vectors in an abstract conformal field theory in arbitrary dimension. This includes a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 Fernando Rejon-Barrera , Daniel Robbins

In this work we launch a systematic theory of superconformal blocks for four-point functions of arbitrary supermultiplets. Our results apply to a large class of superconformal field theories including 4-dimensional models with any number…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-19 Ilija Buric , Volker Schomerus , Evgeny Sobko