scholarly journals Causality, crossing and analyticity in conformal field theories

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150177
Author(s):  
Jnanadeva Maharana
Keyword(s):  
Operator Product Expansion ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Local Commutativity ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
Wightman Functions ◽  
Wightman Axioms

Analyticity and crossing properties of four-point function are investigated in conformal field theories in the frameworks of Wightman axioms. A Hermitian scalar conformal field, satisfying the Wightman axioms, is considered. The crucial role of microcausality in deriving analyticity domains is discussed and domains of analyticity are presented. A pair of permuted Wightman functions are envisaged. The crossing property is derived by appealing to the technique of analytic completion for the pair of permuted Wightman functions. The operator product expansion of a pair of scalar fields is studied and analyticity property of the matrix elements of composite fields, appearing in the operator product expansion, is investigated. An integral representation is presented for the commutator of composite fields where microcausality is a key ingredient. Three fundamental theorems of axiomatic local field theories; namely, PCT theorem, the theorem proving equivalence between PCT theorem and weak local commutativity and the edge-of-the-wedge theorem are invoked to derive a conformal bootstrap equation rigorously.

scholarly journals Logarithmic Operators in Conformal Field Theory and the ${\mathcal W}_\infty$-Algebra

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3723-3738 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Shafiekhani ◽  
M. R. Rahimi Tabar
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Operator Product Expansion ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Tensor Operator ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Point Correlation

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 [Formula: see text]-algebra. This algebra is constructed by tensor-operator algebra of differential representation of ordinary [Formula: see text]. This method allows us to write differential equations which can be used to find general expression for three- and four-point correlation functions possessing logarithmic operators. The operator product expansion (OPE) coefficients of general logarithmic CFT are given up to third level.

scholarly journals OPERATOR PRODUCT EXPANSION IN SL(2) CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 683-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUO HOSOMICHI ◽  
YUJI SATOH
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Operator Product Expansion ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Highest Weight ◽  
Wznw Model ◽  
Highest Weight Representations ◽  
Highest Weight Representation

In the conformal field theories having affine SL(2) symmetry, we study the operator product expansion (OPE) involving primary fields in highest weight representations. For this purpose, we analyze properties of primary fields with definite SL(2) weights, and calculate their two- and three-point functions. Using these correlators, we show that the correct OPE is obtained when one of the primary fields belongs to the degenerate highest weight representation. We briefly comment on the OPE in the SL (2,R) WZNW model.

scholarly journals Constructing Carrollian CFTs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishant Gupta ◽  
Nemani V. Suryanarayana
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Relativistic Limit ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Local Symmetries ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Special Case

Abstract We construct classical theories for scalar fields in arbitrary Carroll spacetimes that are invariant under Carrollian diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations. When the local symmetries are gauge fixed these theories become Carrollian conformal field theories. We show that generically there are at least two types of such theories: one in which only time derivatives of the fields appear and the other in which both space and time derivatives appear. A classification of such scalar field theories in three (and higher) dimensions up to two derivative order is provided. We show that only a special case of our theories arises in the ultra-relativistic limit of a covariant parent theory.

scholarly journals Instability of complex CFTs with operators in the principal series

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Benedetti
Keyword(s):  
Principal Series ◽  
Conformal Group ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Primary Operator ◽  
Tensor Models

Abstract We prove the instability of d-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) having in the operator-product expansion of two fundamental fields a primary operator of scaling dimension h = $$ \frac{d}{2} $$ d 2 + i r, with non-vanishing r ∈ ℝ. From an AdS/CFT point of view, this corresponds to a well-known tachyonic instability, associated to a violation of the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound in AdSd+1; we derive it here directly for generic d-dimensional CFTs that can be obtained as limits of multiscalar quantum field theories, by applying the harmonic analysis for the Euclidean conformal group to perturbations of the conformal solution in the two-particle irreducible (2PI) effective action. Some explicit examples are discussed, such as melonic tensor models and the biscalar fishnet model.

scholarly journals Bootstrap experiments on higher dimensional CFTs

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (07) ◽  
pp. 1850036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Adjoint Representation ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Unitarity Bound ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Dimension Formula ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
Higher Dimensional

Recent programs on conformal bootstrap suggest an empirical relationship between the existence of nontrivial conformal field theories and nontrivial features such as a kink in the unitarity bound of conformal dimensions in the conformal bootstrap equations. We report the existence of nontrivial kink-like behaviors in the unitarity bound of scalar operators in the adjoint representation of the [Formula: see text] symmetric conformal field theories. They have interesting properties: (1) the kink-like behaviors exist in [Formula: see text] dimensions; (2) the location of kink-like behaviors are when the unitarity bound hits the space–time dimension [Formula: see text]; (3) there exists a “conformal window” of [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals A roadmap for bootstrapping critical gauge theories: decoupling operators of conformal field theories in $d>2$ dimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin-Chen He ◽  
Junchen Rong ◽  
Ning Su
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Group ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Equation Of Motion ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Groups ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
Null Operator

We propose a roadmap for bootstrapping conformal field theories (CFTs) described by gauge theories in dimensions d>2d>2. In particular, we provide a simple and workable answer to the question of how to detect the gauge group in the bootstrap calculation. Our recipe is based on the notion of decoupling operator, which has a simple (gauge) group theoretical origin, and is reminiscent of the null operator of 2d2d Wess-Zumino-Witten CFTs in higher dimensions. Using the decoupling operator we can efficiently detect the rank (i.e. color number) of gauge groups, e.g., by imposing gap conditions in the CFT spectrum. We also discuss the physics of the equation of motion, which has interesting consequences in the CFT spectrum as well. As an application of our recipes, we study a prototypical critical gauge theory, namely the scalar QED which has a U(1)U(1) gauge field interacting with critical bosons. We show that the scalar QED can be solved by conformal bootstrap, namely we have obtained its kinks and islands in both d=3d=3 and d=2+\epsilond=2+ϵ dimensions.

Supersymmetric QFT in Six Dimensions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Tomasiello
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Full Classification

Quantum field theory (QFT) in six dimensions is more challenging than its four-dimensional counterpart: most models tend to become ill-defined at high energies. A combination of supersymmetry and string theory has yielded many QFTs that evade this problem and are low-energy effective manifestations of conformal field theories (CFTs). Besides the usual vector, spinor and scalar fields, the new ingredients are self-dual tensor fields, analogs of the electromagnetic field with an additional spacetime index, sometimes with an additional non-Abelian structure. A recent wave of interest in this field has produced several classification results, notably of models that have a holographic dual in string theory and of models that can be realized in F-theory. Several precise quantitative checks of the overall picture are now available, and give confidence that a full classification of all six-dimensional CFTs may be at hand.conformal field theories, supersymmetry, extra dimensions, holography, string theory, D-branes, F-theory

scholarly journals ON DUBROVIN TOPOLOGICAL FIELD THEORIES

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (08) ◽  
pp. 749-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-B. ZUBER
Keyword(s):  
Topological Field Theories ◽  
Coxeter Groups ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Topological Algebras ◽  
Dual Algebra ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Product Algebra

I show that the new topological field theories recently associated by Dubrovin with each Coxeter group may all be obtained in a simple way by a "restriction" of the standard ADE solutions. I then study the Chebyshev specializations of these topological algebras, examine how the Coxeter graphs and matrices reappear in the dual algebra and mention the intriguing connection with the operator product algebra of conformal field theories. A direct understanding of the occurrence of Coxeter groups in that context is highly desirable.

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