Shai M. Chester

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20142026

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172 citations · 2.2k across the 58 of their papers we have counts for

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62 papers

hep-th2026

Monopoles, duality, and large charge in Chern-Simons QED $_{3}$

Shai M. Chester, Éric Dupuis

We compute the scaling dimensions of charge $q$ monopole operators in QED $_{3}$ with $N$ two-component complex fermions and Chern-Simons level $k$ , to subleading order in the limit w…

hep-th2026

Bootstrapping Holographic Theories in the Planar Limit

Shai M. Chester, Daniele R. Pavarini, Alessandro Piazza

We combine the numerical conformal bootstrap with supersymmetric localization to constrain the spectrum of holographic superconformal field theories in the planar large $N$ limit f…

hep-th2026

Strong coupling spectrum of $AdS_{3} \times S^{3}$ from string field theory

Luis F. Alday, Shai M. Chester, Kiarash Naderi +1

We consider type IIB string theory on $AdS_{3} \times S^{3} \times T^{4}$ in a large AdS radius expansion at arbitrary values of the relative RR and NS-NS fluxes…

hep-th2025

Extremal couplings and gluon scattering in M-theory

Shai M. Chester, Rishi Mouland, Jesse van Muiden +1

We consider M-theory on the backgrounds AdS $_{4} \times S^{7} / Z_{N_{f}}$ and AdS $_{7} \times S^{4} / Z_{2}$ , which have fixed point locii AdS $_{d + 1} \times S^{3}$ for $d = 3, 6$ . These…

hep-th2025

Integral constraints for $N = 4$ super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere

Shai M. Chester, Ross Dempsey, Debaditya Pramanik +1

Supersymmetric localization and Ward identities have been used in the past several years to derive two integral constraints on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiple…

hep-th2025

Bootstrapping the Simplest Deconfined Quantum Critical Point

Shai M. Chester, Alessandro Piazza, Marten Reehorst +1

We study the $N = 3$ case of the $C P^{N - 1}$ model, which is a field theory of $N$ complex scalars in $3 d$ coupled to an Abelian gauge field with $S U (N) \times U (1)$ global symmetry.…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Extremal couplings, graviton exchange, and gluon scattering in AdS

Shai M. Chester, Rishi Mouland, Jesse van Muiden

Extremal cubic couplings in AdS relate bulk fields such that $Δ_{i} + Δ_{j} = Δ_{k}$ . Such couplings lead to divergent 3-point Witten diagrams, and do not occur in theories with maximal supe…

hep-th2025

Modular invariant gluon-graviton scattering in AdS at one loop

Shai M. Chester, Pietro Ferrero, Daniele R. Pavarini

We consider mixed gluon-graviton scattering in Type IIB string theory on AdS $_{5} \times S^{5} / Z_{2}$ in the presence of D7 branes, which is dual to a mixed correlator of the $SO…

hep-th2024★ 1 cited

Higher-derivative corrections in M-theory from precision numerical bootstrap

Shai M. Chester, Ross Dempsey, Silviu S. Pufu

We study higher-derivative corrections to the graviton scattering amplitude in M-theory, via the stress tensor correlator of 3d $N = 8$ $\text{U}(N)_k\times \text{U}(N)_{-…

hep-th2024★ 13 cited

The type IIA Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in AdS $_{4}$ $\times$ CP $^{3}$ from ABJM theory

Shai M. Chester, Tobias Hansen, De-liang Zhong

We consider tree level scattering of gravitons in type IIA string theory on $A d S_{4} \times CP^{3}$ to all orders in $α^{'}$ , which is dual to the stress tensor correlator in $U(N…

hep-th2024

The AdS $_{3} \times$ S $^{3}$ Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude with RR flux

Shai M. Chester, De-liang Zhong

We compute the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude for scattering of dilatons in type IIB string theory with pure RR flux on $A d S_{3} \times S^{3} \times M_{4}$ for $M_{4} = T^{4}$ or $K 3$ , to all or…

hep-th2024

Symmetry Enhancement, SPT Absorption, and Duality in QED $_{3}$

Shai M. Chester, Zohar Komargodski

Quantum Electrodynamics in 2+1 dimensions (QED $_{3}$ ) with two Dirac fermions displays time reversal symmetry, nontrivial SPT phases and anomalies. The fate of this theory in its str…

hep-th2024★ 1 cited

Towards Bootstrapping F-theory

Connor Behan, Shai M. Chester, Pietro Ferrero

We consider type IIB string theory with $N$ D3 branes and various configurations of sevenbranes, such that the string coupling $g_{s}$ is fixed to a constant finite value. These are…

hep-th2024★ 24 cited

The AdS Veneziano amplitude at small curvature

Luis F. Alday, Shai M. Chester, Tobias Hansen +1

We compute the AdS Veneziano amplitude for type IIB gluon scattering in $A d S_{5} \times S^{3}$ to all orders in $α^{'}$ in a small curvature expansion. This is achieved by combining a dis…

hep-th2023★ 3 cited

Level Repulsion in $N = 4$ super-Yang-Mills via Integrability, Holography, and the Bootstrap

Shai M. Chester, Ross Dempsey, Silviu S. Pufu

We combine supersymmetric localization with the numerical conformal bootstrap to bound the scaling dimension and OPE coefficient of the lowest-dimension operator in $\mathcal{N} =…

hep-th2023★ 1 cited

Bootstrapping M-theory Orbifolds

Shai M. Chester, Silviu S. Pufu, Yifan Wang +1

We analyze correlation functions of $S U (k) \times S U (2)_{F}$ flavor currents in a family of three-dimensional $N = 4$ superconformal field theories, combining analytic bootstrap…

hep-th2023★ 1 cited

Relations between integrated correlators in $N = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang--Mills Theory

Luis F. Alday, Shai M. Chester, Daniele Dorigoni +2

Integrated correlation functions in $N = 4$ supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory with gauge group $S U (N)$ can be expressed in terms of the localised $S^{4}$ partition function,…

hep-th2023

Bootstrapping Deconfined Quantum Tricriticality

Shai M. Chester, Ning Su

The paradigmatic example of deconfined quantum criticality is the Neel-VBS phase transition. The continuum description of this transition is the $N = 2$ case of the $C P^{N - 1}$ model,…

hep-th2023

Gluon scattering in AdS at finite string coupling from localization

Connor Behan, Shai M. Chester, Pietro Ferrero

We consider gluons scattering in Type IIB string theory on AdS $_{5} \times S^{5} / Z_{2}$ in the presence of D7 branes, which is dual to the flavor multiplet correlator in a certai…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

Evidence for 3d bosonization from monopole operators

Shai M. Chester, Éric Dupuis, William Witczak-Krempa

We give evidence for 3d bosonization in Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) by computing monopole operator scaling dimensions in 2+1 dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED3) with Che…

hep-th2022★ 4 cited

Upper critical dimension of the 3-state Potts model

Shai M. Chester, Ning Su

We consider the 3-state Potts model in $d \geq 2$ dimensions. For $d$ less than the upper critical dimension $d_{crit}$ , the model has a critical and a tricritical fixed point.…

hep-th2022★ 8 cited

Explicit holography for vector models at finite $N$ , volume and temperature

Ofer Aharony, Shai M. Chester, Tal Sheaffer +1

In previous work we constructed an explicit mapping between large $N$ vector models (free or critical) in $d$ dimensions and a non-local high-spin gravity theory on $A d S_{d + 1}$ , su…

hep-th2022★ 12 cited

Pure anti-de Sitter supergravity and the conformal bootstrap

Luis F. Alday, Shai M. Chester

We consider graviton scattering in maximal supergravity on Anti-de Sitter space (AdS) in $d + 1$ dimensions for $d=3,4,\text{and $6$}$ with no extra compact spacetime factor. Hologra…

hep-th2022

M-theory on $A d S_{4} \times S^{7}$ at 1-loop and beyond

Luis F. Alday, Shai M. Chester, Himanshu Raj

We study graviton scattering on $A d S_{4} \times S^{7}$ , which is dual to the stress tensor multiplet four-point function in the maximally supersymmetric 3d $U (N)_{1} \times U (N)_{- 1}$ ABJM…

Monopoles, duality, and large charge in Chern-Simons QED3​

Bootstrapping Holographic Theories in the Planar Limit

Strong coupling spectrum of AdS3​×S3 from string field theory

Extremal couplings and gluon scattering in M-theory

Integral constraints for N=4 super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere

Bootstrapping the Simplest Deconfined Quantum Critical Point

Extremal couplings, graviton exchange, and gluon scattering in AdS

Modular invariant gluon-graviton scattering in AdS at one loop

Higher-derivative corrections in M-theory from precision numerical bootstrap

The type IIA Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in AdS4​ × CP3 from ABJM theory

The AdS3​×S3 Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude with RR flux

Symmetry Enhancement, SPT Absorption, and Duality in QED3​

Towards Bootstrapping F-theory

The AdS Veneziano amplitude at small curvature

Level Repulsion in N=4 super-Yang-Mills via Integrability, Holography, and the Bootstrap

Bootstrapping M-theory Orbifolds

Relations between integrated correlators in N=4 Supersymmetric Yang--Mills Theory

Bootstrapping Deconfined Quantum Tricriticality

Gluon scattering in AdS at finite string coupling from localization

Evidence for 3d bosonization from monopole operators

Upper critical dimension of the 3-state Potts model

Explicit holography for vector models at finite N, volume and temperature

Pure anti-de Sitter supergravity and the conformal bootstrap

M-theory on AdS4​×S7 at 1-loop and beyond

Monopoles, duality, and large charge in Chern-Simons QED $_{3}$

Strong coupling spectrum of $AdS_{3} \times S^{3}$ from string field theory

Integral constraints for $N = 4$ super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere

The type IIA Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in AdS $_{4}$ $\times$ CP $^{3}$ from ABJM theory

The AdS $_{3} \times$ S $^{3}$ Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude with RR flux

Symmetry Enhancement, SPT Absorption, and Duality in QED $_{3}$

Level Repulsion in $N = 4$ super-Yang-Mills via Integrability, Holography, and the Bootstrap

Relations between integrated correlators in $N = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang--Mills Theory

Explicit holography for vector models at finite $N$ , volume and temperature

M-theory on $A d S_{4} \times S^{7}$ at 1-loop and beyond