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Universal Bounds on Operator Dimensions from the Average Null Energy Condition
Clay Cordova, Kenan Diab
We show that the average null energy condition implies novel lower bounds on the scaling dimensions of highly-chiral primary operators in four-dimensional conformal field theories.…
Time-Reversal Symmetry, Anomalies, and Dualities in (2+1)
Clay Cordova, Po-Shen Hsin, Nathan Seiberg
We study continuum quantum field theories in 2+1 dimensions with time-reversal symmetry . The standard relation is satisfied on all the "perturbative op…
Global Symmetries, Counterterms, and Duality in Chern-Simons Matter Theories with Orthogonal Gauge Groups
Clay Cordova, Po-Shen Hsin, Nathan Seiberg
We study three-dimensional gauge theories based on orthogonal groups. Depending on the global form of the group these theories admit discrete -parameters, which control the weig…
Bounds on OPE Coefficients from Interference Effects in the Conformal Collider
Clay Cordova, Juan Maldacena, Gustavo J. Turiaci
We apply the average null energy condition to obtain upper bounds on the three-point function coefficients of stress tensors and a scalar operator, …
Surface Defects and Chiral Algebras
Clay Cordova, Davide Gaiotto, Shu-Heng Shao
We investigate superconformal surface defects in four-dimensional N=2 superconformal theories. Each such defect gives rise to a module of the associated chiral algebra and the surf…
Surface Defect Indices and 2d-4d BPS States
Clay Cordova, Davide Gaiotto, Shu-Heng Shao
We conjecture a formula for the Schur index of four-dimensional theories coupled to surface defects in terms of the - BPS spectrum in the Coulomb ph…