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Title: Harmonic analysis and mean field theory

Abstract

We review some aspects of harmonic analysis for the Euclidean conformal group, including conformally-invariant pairings, the Plancherel measure, and the shadow transform. We introduce two efficient methods for computing these quantities: one based on weight-shifting operators, and another based on Fourier space. As an application, we give a general formula for OPE coefficients in Mean Field Theory (MFT) for arbitrary spinning operators. We apply this formula to several examples, including MFT for fermions and “seed” operators in 4d, and MFT for currents and stress-tensors in 3d.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]
  1. Inst. of Physics (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland)
  2. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)
  3. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
OSTI Identifier:
1594253
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1809.05111
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; TRN: US2101742
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019085; SC0009988
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Conformal and W Symmetry; Conformal Field Theory

Citation Formats

Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, and Simmons-Duffin, David. Harmonic analysis and mean field theory. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2019)217.
Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, & Simmons-Duffin, David. Harmonic analysis and mean field theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)217
Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, and Simmons-Duffin, David. Mon . "Harmonic analysis and mean field theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)217. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594253.
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abstractNote = {We review some aspects of harmonic analysis for the Euclidean conformal group, including conformally-invariant pairings, the Plancherel measure, and the shadow transform. We introduce two efficient methods for computing these quantities: one based on weight-shifting operators, and another based on Fourier space. As an application, we give a general formula for OPE coefficients in Mean Field Theory (MFT) for arbitrary spinning operators. We apply this formula to several examples, including MFT for fermions and “seed” operators in 4d, and MFT for currents and stress-tensors in 3d.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP10(2019)217},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 10,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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