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most citedBroken global symmetries and defect conformal manifolds

43 citations · 86 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

hep-th2026

Perturbative Defect CFT Data in Scalar Models and Consistency Conditions

Ziwen Kong

We compute defect CFT data through for scalar line defects in the , hypercubic, hypertetrahedral, biconical, and models in . The t…

hep-th2025

Nonlinearly Realised Defect Symmetries and Anomalies

Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong, Petr Kravchuk

Conformal defects -- extended objects in conformal field theories -- carry localised excitations inherited from symmetry currents, known as the displacements and tilts. They captur…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

Fine Spectrum from Crude Analytic Bootstrap

Jake Belton, Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong +1

The magnetic line defect in the model gives rise to a non-trivial one-dimensional defect conformal field theory of theoretical and experimental value. This model is consider…

hep-th2023★ 12 cited

The planar limit of integrated 4-point functions

Bartomeu Fiol, Ziwen Kong

We compute the planar limit, as all-order power series in the 't Hooft coupling, of various integrated 4-point functions of chiral primary operators of SU(N) super Yan…

hep-th2022

A network of hyperloops

Ziwen Kong

In this paper we complete the exploration of connected components of the space of BPS Wilson loops in three-dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theory on . The alg…

hep-th2022★ 12 cited

1/3 BPS loops and defect CFTs in ABJM theory

Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong

We address a longstanding question of whether ABJM theory has Wilson loop operators preserving eight supercharges (so 1/3 BPS). We present such Wilson loops made of a large superma…

hep-th2022★ 8 cited

Classifying BPS bosonic Wilson loops in 3d Chern-Simons-matter theories

Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong, Malte Probst +2

We study the possible BPS Wilson loops in three-dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theory which involve only the gauge field and bilinears of the scalars. Previously know…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

Conformal and non-conformal hyperloop deformations of the 1/2 BPS circle

Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong, Malte Probst +2

We construct new large classes of BPS Wilson hyperloops in three-dimensional quiver Chern-Simons-matter theory on . The main strategy is to start with the 1/2 BPS…

hep-th2022★ 43 cited

Broken global symmetries and defect conformal manifolds

Nadav Drukker, Ziwen Kong, Georgios Sakkas

Just as exactly marginal operators allow to deform a conformal field theory along the space of theories known as the conformal manifold, appropriate operators on conformal defects…