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Virasoro conformal bootstrap with
Mert Besken
We derive new constraints on the spectrum of two-dimensional conformal field theories with central charge Employing the pillow representation of the four point correlator of…
On Local and Integrated Stress-Tensor Commutators
Mert Besken, Jan de Boer, Grégoire Mathys
We discuss some general aspects of commutators of local operators in Lorentzian CFTs, which can be obtained from a suitable analytic continuation of the Euclidean operator product…
Semi-classical Virasoro blocks: proof of exponentiation
Mert Besken, Shouvik Datta, Per Kraus
Virasoro conformal blocks are expected to exponentiate in the limit of large central charge and large operator dimensions , with the ratios held fixed. We prove th…
Quantum thermalization and Virasoro symmetry
Mert Besken, Shouvik Datta, Per Kraus
We initiate a systematic study of high energy matrix elements of local operators in 2d CFT. Knowledge of these is required in order to determine whether the eigenstate thermalizati…
Renormalization of gravitational Wilson lines
Mert Besken, Eric D'Hoker, Ashwin Hegde +1
We continue the study of the Wilson line representation of conformal blocks in two-dimensional conformal field theory; these have an alternative interpretation as gravitational Wil…
Anomalous dimensions from quantum Wilson lines
Mert Besken, Ashwin Hegde, Per Kraus
We study the self-energy of a gravitating point particle in AdS, and compare to operator dimensions in CFT. In particular, we compute the one and two loop diagram contribut…
Holographic conformal blocks from interacting Wilson lines
Mert Besken, Ashwin Hegde, Eliot Hijano +1
We present a simple prescription for computing conformal blocks and correlation functions holographically in AdS in terms of Wilson lines merging at a bulk vertex. This is show…
Intersections of S-branes with Waves and Monopoles
Mert Besken, Nihat Sadik Deger
We construct intersections of S-branes with waves and Kaluza-Klein monopoles. There are several possible ways to add a monopole to an S-brane solution similar to p-branes. On the o…