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Closed String Field Theory in 25.99 Dimensions
Amr Ahmadain, Alexander Frenkel, Xi Yin
We return to and refine Zwiebach's formulation of closed string field theory (CSFT) built around non-critical backgrounds [1,2], restricting our attention to genus zero. The struct…
On the Flux Sectors of Matrix String Theory
Minjae Cho, Barak Gabai, Jaroslav Scheinpflug +1
We analyze the gapped flux vacua of 2D (8,8) SU(N) super-Yang-Mills theory. Based on the matrix string theory duality, we conjecture the spectrum of massive resonances in the gauge…
On the Solution of Superstring Field Theory
Minjae Cho, João Gomide, Jaroslav Scheinpflug +1
We determine the solution of type IIB superstring field theory (SFT) to the third order in the expansion with respect to Ramond-Ramond (RR) flux, demonstrate its…
Conformal Perturbation Theory and Tachyon-Dilaton Eschatology via String Fields
Ben Mazel, Joshua Sandor, Charles Wang +1
We analyze deformations of two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) from the perspective of classical bosonic closed string field theory (SFT). The latter can be viewed as a ve…
Bootstrapping M-theory Orbifolds
Shai M. Chester, Silviu S. Pufu, Yifan Wang +1
We analyze correlation functions of flavor currents in a family of three-dimensional superconformal field theories, combining analytic bootstrap…
Bootstrapping the Ising Model on the Lattice
Minjae Cho, Barak Gabai, Ying-Hsuan Lin +3
We study the statistical Ising model of spins on the infinite lattice using a bootstrap method that combines spin-flip identities with positivity conditions, including reflection p…
Snowmass White Paper: Bootstrapping String Theory
Rajesh Gopakumar, Eric Perlmutter, Silviu S. Pufu +1
We discuss progress and prospects in the application of bootstrap methods to string theory.
On the Ground State Wave Function of Matrix Theory
Ying-Hsuan Lin, Xi Yin
We propose an explicit construction of the leading terms in the asymptotic expansion of the ground state wave function of BFSS SU(N) matrix quantum mechanics. Our proposal is consi…
1/16 BPS States in N=4 SYM
Chi-Ming Chang, Xi Yin
We investigate the problem of counting 1/16 BPS operators in N=4 Super-Yang-Mills theory at weak coupling. We present the complete set of 1/16 BPS operators in the infinite N limit…
A semi-local holographic minimal model
Chi-Ming Chang, Xi Yin
We present a conjecture on the complete spectrum of single-trace operators in the infinite N limit of W(N) minimal model and evidences for the conjecture. We further propose that t…
The Higher Spin/Vector Model Duality
Simone Giombi, Xi Yin
This paper is mainly a review of the dualities between Vasiliev's higher spin gauge theories in AdS4 and three dimensional large N vector models, with focus on the holographic calc…
ABJ Triality: from Higher Spin Fields to Strings
Chi-Ming Chang, Shiraz Minwalla, Tarun Sharma +1
We demonstrate that a supersymmetric and parity violating version of Vasiliev's higher spin gauge theory in AdS admits boundary conditions that preserve or…
Correlators in W_N Minimal Model Revisited
Chi-Ming Chang, Xi Yin
In this paper, we study a class of sphere and torus correlation functions in the W_N minimal model. In particular, we show that a large class of exact sphere three-point functions…
Chern-Simons Theory with Vector Fermion Matter
Simone Giombi, Shiraz Minwalla, Shiroman Prakash +3
We study three dimensional conformal field theories described by U(N) Chern-Simons theory at level k coupled to massless fermions in the fundamental representation. By solving a Sc…
Vector Models in the Singlet Sector at Finite Temperature
Stephen H. Shenker, Xi Yin
We study the thermal properties of the O(N) vector-like scalar theory in the singlet sector in 2+1 dimensions. This theory is conjectured to be the AdS/CFT dual of Vasiliev higher…
Higher Spin Gravity with Matter in AdS_3 and Its CFT Dual
Chi-Ming Chang, Xi Yin
We study Vasiliev's system of higher spin gauge fields coupled to massive scalars in AdS_3, and compute the tree level two and three point functions. These are compared to the larg…
On Higher Spin Gauge Theory and the Critical O(N) Model
Simone Giombi, Xi Yin
We show that the differences between correlators of the critical O(N) vector model in three dimensions and those of the free theory are precisely accounted for by the change of bou…
Supersymmetric States in Large N Chern-Simons-Matter Theories
Shiraz Minwalla, Prithvi Narayan, Tarun Sharma +2
In this paper we study the spectrum of BPS operators/states in N=2 superconformal U(N) Chern-Simons-matter theories with adjoint chiral matter fields, with and without superpotenti…
A Note on CFT Correlators in Three Dimensions
Simone Giombi, Shiroman Prakash, Xi Yin
In this note we present a simple method of constructing general conformally invariant three point functions of operators of various spins in three dimensions. Upon further imposing…
Higher Spins in AdS and Twistorial Holography
Simone Giombi, Xi Yin
In this paper we simplify and extend previous work on three-point functions in Vasiliev's higher spin gauge theory in AdS4. We work in a gauge in which the space-time dependence of…
Families of Conformal Fixed Points of N=2 Chern-Simons-Matter Theories
Chi-Ming Chang, Xi Yin
We argue that a large class of N=2 Chern-Simons-matter theories in three dimensions have a continuous family of exact IR fixed points described by suitable quartic superpotentials,…
Higher Spin Gauge Theory and Holography: The Three-Point Functions
Simone Giombi, Xi Yin
In this paper we calculate the tree level three-point functions of Vasiliev's higher spin gauge theory in AdS4 and find agreement with the correlators of the free field theory of N…
Quantum phase transitions beyond the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm and supersymmetry
Subir Sachdev, Xi Yin
We make connections between studies in the condensed matter literature on quantum phase transitions in square lattice antiferromagnets, and results in the particle theory literatur…
One-loop Partition Functions of 3D Gravity
Simone Giombi, Alexander Maloney, Xi Yin
We consider the one-loop partition function of free quantum field theory in locally Anti-de Sitter space-times. In three dimensions, the one loop determinants for scalar, gauge and…