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We consider a free Maxwell field in four dimensions in the presence of a codimension two defect. Reflection positive, codimension two defects which preserve conformal symmetry in this context are very limited. We show only generalized free…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 Christopher P. Herzog , Abhay Shrestha

We derive a formula for the curvature tensor of the natural Riemannian metric on the space of two-dimensional conformal field theories and also a formula for the curvature tensor of the space of boundary conformal field theories.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Daniel Friedan , Anatoly Konechny

Conformal symmetry is taken as an attribute of theories of massless fields in manifolds with specific dimensionalities. This paper shows that this is not an absolute truth; it is a consequence of the mathematical representation used for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Manoelito M de Souza

We review and study the duality between string theory formulated on a curved exact background (the two dimensional black hole) and string theory in flat space with a tachyon-like potential. We generalize previous results in this subject by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Gaston Giribet , Matias Leoni

We demonstrate in detail how the space of two-dimensional quantum field theories can be parametrized by off-shell closed string states. The dynamic equation corresponding to the condition of conformal invariance includes an infinite number…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Gregory Pelts

Assuming the existence of a field theory in D dimensions dual to (D+1)-dimensional flat space, governed by the asymptotic symmetries of flat space, we make some preliminary remarks about the properties of this field theory. We review…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Arjun Bagchi , Rudranil Basu , Ashish Kakkar , Aditya Mehra

We review some aspects of logarithmic conformal field theories which might shed some light on the geometrical meaning of logarithmic operators. We consider an approach, put forward by V. Knizhnik, where computation of correlation functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Michael A. I. Flohr

A discretized massless wave equation in two dimensions, on an appropriately chosen square lattice, exactly reproduces the solutions of the corresponding continuous equations. We show that the reason for this exact solution property is the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Serge Winitzki

In this work, we study the simplest example of the landscape of conformal field theories: one-dimensional CFTs with finite-dimensional state space. Following the definition of quantum field theory given by G. Segal, we formulate the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Maxim Gritskov , Saveliy Timchenko

We study two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with boundaries via the conformal bootstrap. We derive a positive semi-definite program from crossing symmetry of three observables: the annulus partition function, the two-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-24 Marco Meineri , Bharathkumar Radhakrishnan

Motivated by the recent work on $T\bar{T}$-type deformations of 2D CFTs, a especial class of single-trace deformations of AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$ correspondence has been investigated. From the worldsheet perspective, this corresponds to a marginal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Gaston Giribet , Matias Leoni

We study universal features in the shape dependence of entanglement entropy in the vacuum state of a conformal field theory (CFT) on $\mathbb{R}^{1,d-1}$. We consider the entanglement entropy across a deformed planar or spherical entangling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-22 Thomas Faulkner , Robert G. Leigh , Onkar Parrikar

Every locally normal representation of a local chiral conformal quantum theory is covariant with respect to global conformal transformations, if this theory is diffeomorphism covariant in its vacuum representation. The unitary, strongly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Claudio D'Antoni , Klaus Fredenhagen , Soeren Koester

The conformal field theory on a Z_N-surface is studied by mapping it on the branched sphere. Using a coulomb gas formalism we construct the minimal models of the theory.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Samwel Apikyan , Costas Efthimiou

Field quantization in 5D flat and warped space-times with Z$_2$-parity is comparatively examined. We carefully and closely derive 5D position/momentum(P/M) propagators. Their characteristic behaviours depend on the 4D (real world) momentum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Ichinose , A. Murayama

We discuss the analogy between collapsing Conformal Field Theories and measured Gromov-Hausdorff limit of Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature. Motivated by this analogy we propose the notion of non-commutative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-03 Yan Soibelman

An orbit-like foliation is a singular foliation on a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ whose leaves are locally equidistant (i.e., a singular Riemannian foliation) and (transversely) infinitesimally homogenous. This class of singular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Marcos M. Alexandrino , Leonardo F. Cavenaghi

The requirements of conformal invariance for two and three point functions for general dimension $d$ on flat space are investigated. A compact group theoretic construction of the three point function for arbitrary spin fields is presented…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Osborn , A. Petkos

Toda Conformal Field Theories (CFTs hereafter) are generalizations of Liouville CFT where the underlying field is no longer scalar but takes values in a finite-dimensional vector space induced by a complex simple Lie algebra. The goal of…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Baptiste Cerclé , Nathan Huguenin

This paper is devoted to the Q-curvature type equation with singularities; mainly we give existence and regularity results of solutions. To have positive solutions which will be meaningfully in conformal geometry we restrict ourself to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-24 Mohammed Benalili