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hep-th2026

Regge in Wonderland

Alessio Miscioscia, Dmitrii Pavshinkin, Fedor K. Popov

We study the asymptotic behavior of large-spin operators in conformal field theories by placing the theory on a pp-wave background. In this setting, three-point coefficients involv…

hep-th2026

Towers of Operators in CFTs and Convexity Bounds at Large Charge

Fedor K. Popov, Adar Sharon

In arXiv:2406.19441, it was shown that for 3d CFTs with a moduli space along which a symmetry is spontaneously broken, the minimum scaling dimension at large charge scal…

hep-th2026

Regge's Inferno

Zohar Komargodski, Alessio Miscioscia, Fedor K. Popov

We study large-spin operators in conformal field theories (CFTs) in spacetime dimensions by placing the theory on appropriate pp-wave backgrounds. We show that these geometri…

hep-th2025

Defect Anomalies, a Spin-Flux Duality, and Boson-Kondo Problems

Zohar Komargodski, Fedor K. Popov, Brandon C. Rayhaun

We show that the infrared phases of certain line defects in 2+1d quantum field theories are determined by anomalies, including anomalies in the space of defect coupling constants,…

hep-th2025

Do null defects dream of conformal symmetry?

Rajeev S. Erramilli, Justin Kulp, Fedor K. Popov

We initiate the study of null line defects in Lorentzian conformal field theories in various dimensions. We show that null lines geometrically preserve a larger set of conformal is…

hep-th2024

Temperature-Resistant Order in 2+1 Dimensions

Zohar Komargodski, Fedor K. Popov

High temperatures are typically thought to increase disorder. Here we examine this idea in Quantum Field Theory in 2+1 dimensions. For this sake we explore a novel class of tractab…

hep-th2024

On Real Time Dynamics of Large Models

Fedor K. Popov

We analyze the real-time dynamics of the large vector model, focusing on heavy states with energies of the order . In this regime, we demonstrate that interactions become su…