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20162025
most citedDefects in conformal field theory

140 citations · 637 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

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

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

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

A bootstrap study of minimal model deformations

António Antunes, Edoardo Lauria, Balt C. van Rees

For QFTs in AdS the boundary correlation functions remain conformal even if the bulk theory has a scale. This allows one to constrain RG flows with numerical conformal bootstrap me…

hep-th2023★ 7 cited

Conformal boundary conditions for a 4d scalar field

Lorenzo Di Pietro, Edoardo Lauria, Pierluigi Niro

We construct unitary, stable, and interacting conformal boundary conditions for a free massless scalar in four dimensions by coupling it to edge modes living on a boundary. The bou…

hep-th2023★ 14 cited

Analytic and numerical bootstrap for the long-range Ising model

Connor Behan, Edoardo Lauria, Maria Nocchi +1

We combine perturbation theory with analytic and numerical bootstrap techniques to study the critical point of the long-range Ising (LRI) model in two and three dimensions. This mo…

hep-th2023★ 2 cited

Perturbative RG flows in AdS: an étude

Edoardo Lauria, Michael N. Milam, Balt C. van Rees

We discuss general properties of perturbative RG flows in AdS with a focus on the treatment of boundary conditions and infrared divergences. In contrast with flat-space boundary QF…

hep-th2023★ 4 cited

Vacuum stability, fixed points, and phases of QED at large

Lorenzo Di Pietro, Edoardo Lauria, Pierluigi Niro

We consider three-dimensional Quantum Electrodynamics in the presence of a Chern-Simons term at level and flavors, in the limit of large and with fixed.…

hep-th2022★ 47 cited

Bootstrapping line defects with global symmetry

Aleix Gimenez-Grau, Edoardo Lauria, Pedro Liendo +1

We use the numerical bootstrap to study conformal line defects with global symmetry. Our results are very general and capture in particular conformal line defects originatin…

hep-th2021★ 36 cited

Bootstrapping boundary-localized interactions II: Minimal models at the boundary

Connor Behan, Lorenzo Di Pietro, Edoardo Lauria +1

We provide evidence for the existence of non-trivial unitary conformal boundary conditions for a three-dimensional free scalar field, which can be obtained via a coupling to the m'…

hep-th2020★ 2 cited

3d Large Vector Models at the Boundary

Lorenzo Di Pietro, Edoardo Lauria, Pierluigi Niro

We consider a 4d scalar field coupled to large free or critical vector models, either bosonic or fermionic, on a 3d boundary. We compute the function of the classica…

hep-th2020★ 52 cited

Bootstrapping boundary-localized interactions

Connor Behan, Lorenzo Di Pietro, Edoardo Lauria +1

We study conformal boundary conditions for the theory of a single real scalar to investigate whether the known Dirichlet and Neumann conditions are the only possibilities. For this…

hep-th2020★ 77 cited

Line and surface defects for the free scalar field

Edoardo Lauria, Pedro Liendo, Balt C. van Rees +1

For a single free scalar field in dimensions, almost all the unitary conformal defects must be `trivial' in the sense that they cannot hold interesting dynamics. The onl…

hep-th2020★ 7 cited

Supergravity in Dimensions

Edoardo Lauria, Antoine Van Proeyen

An overview of matter-coupled supergravity theories with 8 real supercharges, in 4,5 and 6 dimensions is given. The construction of the theories by superconformal meth…

hep-th2019★ 53 cited

3d Abelian Gauge Theories at the Boundary

Lorenzo Di Pietro, Davide Gaiotto, Edoardo Lauria +1

A four-dimensional Abelian gauge field can be coupled to a 3d CFT with a symmetry living on a boundary. This coupling gives rise to a continuous family of boundary conformal…

hep-th2018★ 59 cited

Spinning operators and defects in conformal field theory

Edoardo Lauria, Marco Meineri, Emilio Trevisani

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 associa…

hep-th2017★ 58 cited

Decoding a Three-Dimensional Conformal Manifold

Marco Baggio, Nikolay Bobev, Shai M. Chester +2

We study the one-dimensional complex conformal manifold that controls the infrared dynamics of a three-dimensional supersymmetric theory of three chiral superfields…

hep-th2017★ 45 cited

Radial coordinates for defect CFTs

Edoardo Lauria, Marco Meineri, Emilio Trevisani

We study the two-point function of local operators in the presence of a defect in a generic conformal field theory. We define two pairs of cross ratios, which are convenient in the…

hep-th2017★ 25 cited

Superconformal Blocks for SCFTs with Eight Supercharges

Nikolay Bobev, Edoardo Lauria, Dalimil Mazac

We show how to treat the superconformal algebras with eight Poincaré supercharges in a unified manner for spacetime dimension . This formalism is ideally suited for an…

hep-th2016★ 140 cited

Defects in conformal field theory

Marco Billò, Vasco Gonçalves, Edoardo Lauria +1

We discuss consequences of the breaking of conformal symmetry by a flat or spherical extended operator. We adapt the embedding formalism to the study of correlation functions of sy…