Seven-point conformal blocks in the extended snowflake channel and beyond
Seven-point functions have two inequivalent topologies or channels. The comb channel has been computed previously, and here we compute scalar conformal blocks in the extended snowflake channel in d dimensions. Our computation relies on the known action of the differential operator that sets up the operator product expansion in embedding space. The scalar conformal blocks in the extended snowflake channel are obtained as a power series expansion in the conformal cross-ratios whose coefficients are a triple sum of the hypergeometric type. This triple sum factorizes into a single sum and a double sum. The single sum can be seen as originating from the comb channel and is given in terms of a 3F2 -hypergeometric function, while the double sum originates from the snowflake channel which corresponds to a Kampé de Fériet function. We verify that our results satisfy the symmetry properties of the extended snowflake topology. Moreover, we check that the behavior of the extended snowflake conformal blocks under several limits is consistent with known results. Finally, we conjecture rules leading to a partial construction of scalar M -point conformal blocks in arbitrary topologies.
- Research Organization:
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00-17660; SC0017660
- OSTI ID:
- 1759086
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1852401
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 102 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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