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hep-th2026

Holographic two-point functions of heavy operators revisited

Prokopii Anempodistov

In this paper we investigate the holographic computation of the two-point functions of -BPS chiral primary operators with scaling dimensions or i…

hep-th2026★ 2 cited

On the Virasoro Crossing Kernels at Rational Central Charge

Julien Roussillon, Ioannis Tsiares

We report novel analytic results for the Virasoro modular and fusion kernels relevant to 2d conformal field theories (CFTs), 3d topological field theories (TQFTs), and the represen…

hep-th2026

Energy Reflection and Transmission of Interfaces in -deformed CFT

Avik Banerjee, Giuseppe Policastro

Conformal interfaces gluing a pair of two-dimensional conformal field theories enjoy a large degree of universality in terms of the coefficients of reflection and transmission of e…

hep-th2025

Discrete Basis Parameterization for the Gauge Theory Bootstrap

Rafael Cordoba

We implement the Gauge Theory Bootstrap (GTB) framework, initiated by He and Kruczenski in arXiv:2309.12402 and arXiv:2403.10772, using a discrete basis parametrization of the 2-to…

hep-th2025

Locating the Ising CFT via the ground-state energy on the fuzzy sphere

Kay Joerg Wiese

We locate the phase-transition line for the Ising model on the fuzzy sphere from a finite-size scaling analysis of its ground-state energy. Our strategy is to write the latter as $…

hep-th2025

On decoding the string from interfaces in 2d conformal field theories

Avik Banerjee, Tanay Kibe, Ayan Mukhopadhyay +1

General solutions of a gravitational junction between two copies of a three-dimensional Einstein manifold correspond to the solutions of the non-linear Nambu-Goto equ…

hep-th2025

Inverse Monoid Topological Quantum Field Theories and Open-Closed Grand Canonical Symmetric Orbifolds

Jan Troost

We present an open-closed topological quantum field theory for inverse monoids which generalizes the theory of principle fiber bundles with finite gauge group over Riemann surfaces…

hep-th2025

Equivalence class of Emergent Single Weyl fermion lattice models in 3 dimensions: gapless superconductors and superfluids versus chiral fermions

Gabriel Meyniel, Fei Zhou

In this article, we put forward a practical but generic approach towards constructing a large family of dimension lattice models which can naturally lead to a single Weyl c…

hep-th2025

Grand-Canonical Symmetric Orbifold Theories

Lior Benizri

In this letter, we study grand-canonical symmetric orbifolds of conformal field theories. We propose to define them as the direct sum of symmetric orbifolds of all degrees. The nat…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

(Un)solvable Matrix Models for BPS Correlators

Prokopii Anempodistov, Adolfo Holguin, Vladimir Kazakov +1

We propose and study a family of complex matrix models computing the protected two- and three-point correlation functions in SYM. Our description allows us to direc…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

Long-range minimal models

Connor Behan, Dario Benedetti, Fanny Eustachon +1

We study a class of nonlocal conformal field theories in two dimensions which are obtained as deformations of the Virasoro minimal models. The construction proceeds by coupling a r…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

The degrees of freedom of multiway junctions in three dimensional gravity

Avik Chakraborty, Tanay Kibe, Martín Molina +2

We demonstrate that -way junctions in three dimensional gravity correspond to coupled strings each satisfying the Nambu-Goto equation in the smoothened background, and wit…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

A strong-weak duality for the 1d long-range Ising model

Dario Benedetti, Edoardo Lauria, Dalimil Mazac +1

We investigate the one-dimensional Ising model with long-range interactions decaying as . In the critical regime, for , this system realizes a family…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

High-Precision Bootstrap of Multimatrix Quantum Mechanics

Henry W. Lin, Zechuan Zheng

We consider matrix quantum mechanics with multiple bosonic matrices, including those obtained from dimensional reduction of Yang-Mills theories. Using the matrix bootstrap, we stud…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Irrational CFTs from coupled anyon chains with non-invertible symmetries?

António Antunes, Junchen Rong

Irrational CFTs in 1+1d with a discrete spectrum and no conserved currents other than the stress-tensor are expected to be generic, unsolvable by standard methods, and hard to cons…

hep-th2025

The String Dual to Two-dimensional Yang-Mills Theory Revisited

Lior Benizri, Jan Troost

We propose that chiral two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory on a Riemann surface is dual to a deformed stationary subsector of the Gromov-Witten theory of that Riemann surface. Firstl…

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

An Airy Tale at Large

Nikolay Bobev, Pieter-Jan De Smet, Junho Hong +2

We study the sphere partition function of 3d holographic SCFTs arising on the worldvolume of coincident M2-branes in the presence of squashing and real mass def…

hep-th2025

An unusual BPS equation

Constantin Bachas, Lorenzo Bianchi, Zhongwu Chen

We prove a conjectured relation between the energy-momentum and the displacement norm of superconformal defects. The proof completes earlier results, and shows that supersymmetry i…

hep-th2025

A relativistic continuous matrix product state study of field theories with defects

Karan Tiwana, Edoardo Lauria, Antoine Tilloy

We propose a method to compute expectation values in 1+1-dimensional massive Quantum Field Theories (QFTs) with line defects using Relativistic Continuous Matrix Product State (RCM…

hep-th2024★ 6 cited

1d Ising model with interaction

Dario Benedetti, Edoardo Lauria, Dalimil Mazáč +1

We study the 1d Ising model with long-range interactions decaying as . The critical model corresponds to a family of 1d conformal field theories (CFTs) whose data depend…

hep-th2024

Entanglement spectra from holography

Stefano Baiguera, Shira Chapman, Christian Northe +2

The entanglement spectrum of a bipartite quantum system is given by the distribution of eigenvalues of the modular Hamiltonian. In this work, we compute the entanglement spectrum i…

hep-th2024

The Three-Point Form Factor of to Six Loops

Benjamin Basso, Lance J. Dixon, Alexander G. Tumanov

We study the three-point form factor of the length-three half-BPS operator () in planar Super-Yang-Mills theory, using analyticity and integrabili…

hep-th2024★ 2 cited

Modular Properties of Generalised Gibbs Ensembles

Max Downing, Faisal Karimi

We investigate the modular properties of Generalised Gibbs Ensembles (GGEs) in two dimensional conformal field theories. These are obtained by inserting higher spin charges in the…