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hep-th2026

Unification of Gravity with Internal Interactions: the SO(2,16) Scheme Revisited

Stelios Stefas, George Zoupanos

The starting point of the present work is the observation that the tangent group of a curved manifold need not have the same dimension as the manifold itself. We use this fact to c…

hep-th2025

Unification of Gravities with GUTs

Danai Roumelioti, Stelios Stefas, George Zoupanos

Within the gauge-theoretic approach of gravity, the gauging of an enlarged symmetry of the tangent space in four dimensions allows gravity to be unified with internal interactions.…

hep-th2025

Higher-Point Correlators in N=4 SYM: Ten-Dimensional Null Polygons

Till Bargheer, Albert Bekov, Carlos Bercini +1

We consider higher-point generalizations of the "octagon" large-charge four-point function in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. These n-point polygon correlators are defined as t…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Exploring the twisted sector of orbifolds: Matching -corrections to localisation

Carlos Barredo Martínez, Torben Skrzypek

We consider type IIB string theory on orbifold spaces with generic . Recent localisation results in the dual 4d circula…

hep-th2025★ 3 cited

Higher-Point Correlators in N=4 SYM: Generating Functions

Till Bargheer, Albert Bekov, Carlos Bercini +1

We construct generating functions of five- and six-point correlators up to two loops at weak 't Hooft coupling in planar N=4 SYM. These generating functions unify the correlators o…

hep-th2025★ 3 cited

Sparsity in the numerical six-point bootstrap

Sebastian Harris

The paper contributes to an ongoing effort to extend the conformal bootstrap beyond its traditional focus on systems of four-point correlation functions. Recently, it was demonstra…

hep-th2025

Orthogonality of Q-Functions up to Wrapping in Planar N=4 Super Yang-Mills Theory

Till Bargheer, Carlos Bercini, Andrea Cavaglià +2

We construct orthogonality relations in the Separation of Variables framework for the sl(2) sector of planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Specifically, we find simple univ…

hep-th2025★ 5 cited

The analytic bootstrap at finite temperature

Julien Barrat, Deniz N. Bozkurt, Enrico Marchetto +2

We propose new universal formulae for thermal two-point functions of scalar operators based on their analytic structure, constructed to manifestly satisfy all the bootstrap conditi…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Unification of Conformal and Fuzzy Gravities with Internal Interactions resulting in SO(10) and a Possible Probe through Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background

Gregory Patellis, Danai Roumelioti, Stelios Stefas +1

The unification of conformal and fuzzy gravities with internal interactions is based on the facts that i) the tangent group of a curved manifold and the manifold itself do not nece…

hep-th2025★ 6 cited

Perturbed symmetric-product orbifold: first-order mixing and puzzles for integrability

Matheus Fabri, Alessandro Sfondrini, Torben Skrzypek

We study the marginal deformation of the symmetric-product orbifold theory Sym which corresponds to introducing a small amount of Ramond-Ramond flux into the dual $AdS_3\t…

hep-th2025★ 12 cited

Canonical differential equations for the elliptic two-loop five-point integral family relevant to jet production at leading colour

Matteo Becchetti, Christoph Dlapa, Simone Zoia

We present differential equations (DEs) in canonical form for a family of two-loop five-point Feynman integrals containing elliptic functions and nested square roots. This is the o…

hep-th2025★ 5 cited

Demystifying integrable QFTs in AdS: No-go theorems for higher-spin charges

António Antunes, Nat Levine, Marco Meineri

Higher-spin conserved currents and charges feature prominently in integrable 2d QFTs in flat space. Motivated by the question of integrable field theories in AdS space, we consider…

hep-th2025★ 5 cited

Minimal Models RG flows: non-invertible symmetries & non-perturbative description

Federico Ambrosino, Stefano Negro

In this letter we continue the investigation of RG flows between minimal models that are protected by non-invertible symmetries. RG flows leaving unbroken a subcategory of non-inve…

hep-th2024★ 1 cited

A landscape of 4d N=1 SCFTs with a=c

Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-Hong Lee +1

We study a landscape of four-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with identical central charges. These theories are obtained by renormalization group…

hep-th2024★ 8 cited

Coupled minimal models revisited II: Constraints from permutation symmetry

António Antunes, Connor Behan

Coupling large minimal models and flowing to IR fixed points is a systematic way to build new classes of compact unitary 2d CFTs which are likely to be irrational, and pote…

hep-th2024★ 3 cited

-algebras and strings with torsion

Xenia de la Ossa, Mateo Galdeano, Enrico Marchetto

We explore the connection between super -algebras (-algebras) and -structures with torsion. The former are realised as symmetry algebras of s…

hep-th2024★ 9 cited

The thermal bootstrap for the critical O(N) model

Julien Barrat, Enrico Marchetto, Alessio Miscioscia +1

We propose a numerical method to estimate one-point functions and the free-energy density of conformal field theories at finite temperature by solving the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger con…

hep-th2024★ 3 cited

Perturbative bootstrap of the Wilson-line defect CFT: Bulk-defect-defect correlators

Daniele Artico, Julien Barrat, Yingxuan Xu

We study the correlators of bulk and defect half-BPS operators in Super Yang-Mills theory with a Maldacena-Wilson line defect, focusing on the case involving one bu…

hep-th2024

Difference Equations: from Berry Connections to the Coulomb Branch

Andrea E. V. Ferrari, Daniel Zhang

In recent work, we demonstrated that a spectral variety for the Berry connection of a 2d GLSM with Kähler vacuum moduli space and abelian flavour symmetry i…

hep-th2024★ 2 cited

Generalized symmetry constraints on deformed 4d (S)CFTs

Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-Hong Lee +1

We explore the consequence of generalized symmetries in four-dimensional superconformal field theories. First, we classify all possible supersymmetric gauge theorie…

hep-th2024

Open Strings and Heterotic Instantons

Rafael Álvarez-García, Christian Kneißl, Jacob M. Leedom +1

Motivated by closed string perturbation theory arguments by S. Shenker, we consider non-perturbative effects of characteristic strength , with th…

hep-th2024★ 1 cited

Hamiltonian Lattice Formulation of Compact Maxwell-Chern-Simons Theory

Changnan Peng, Maria Cristina Diamantini, Lena Funcke +5

In this paper, a Hamiltonian lattice formulation for 2+1D compact Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory is derived. We analytically solve this theory and demonstrate that the mass gap in the…

hep-th2024★ 7 cited

Conformal line defects at finite temperature

Julien Barrat, Bartomeu Fiol, Enrico Marchetto +2

We study conformal field theories at finite temperature in the presence of a temporal conformal line defect, wrapping the thermal circle, akin to a Polyakov loop in gauge theories.…

hep-th2024★ 3 cited

Wilson Loops with Lagrangians: Large Spin OPE and Cusp Anomalous Dimension Dictionary

Till Bargheer, Carlos Bercini, Bruno Fernandes +2

In the context of planar conformal gauge theory, we study five-point correlation functions between the interaction Lagrangian and four of the lightest single-trace, gauge-invariant…