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Title: Fermion conformal bootstrap in 4d

Abstract

We apply numerical conformal bootstrap techniques to the four-point function of a Weyl spinor in 4d non-supersymmetric CFTs. We find universal bounds on operator dimensions and OPE coefficients, including bounds on operators in mixed symmetry representations of the Lorentz group, which were inaccessible in previous bootstrap studies. We find discontinuities in some of the bounds on operator dimensions, and we show that they arise due to a generic yet previously unobserved “fake primary” effect, which is related to the existence of poles in conformal blocks. We show that this effect is also responsible for similar discontinuities found in four-fermion bootstrap in 3d, as well as in the mixed-correlator analysis of the 3d Ising CFT. As an important byproduct of our work, we develop a practical technology for numerical approximation of general 4d conformal blocks.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Inst. of Physics
  2. Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States). School of Natural Sciences
  3. National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Trieste (Italy); International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste (Italy)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); European Research Council (ERC); Simons Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1596663
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0009988; PP00P2-163670
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: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Conformal Field Theory; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Nonperturbative Effects

Citation Formats

Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, Serone, Marco, and Vichi, Alessandro. Fermion conformal bootstrap in 4d. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2019)088.
Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, Serone, Marco, & Vichi, Alessandro. Fermion conformal bootstrap in 4d. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)088
Karateev, Denis, Kravchuk, Petr, Serone, Marco, and Vichi, Alessandro. Tue . "Fermion conformal bootstrap in 4d". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)088. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1596663.
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title = {Fermion conformal bootstrap in 4d},
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abstractNote = {We apply numerical conformal bootstrap techniques to the four-point function of a Weyl spinor in 4d non-supersymmetric CFTs. We find universal bounds on operator dimensions and OPE coefficients, including bounds on operators in mixed symmetry representations of the Lorentz group, which were inaccessible in previous bootstrap studies. We find discontinuities in some of the bounds on operator dimensions, and we show that they arise due to a generic yet previously unobserved “fake primary” effect, which is related to the existence of poles in conformal blocks. We show that this effect is also responsible for similar discontinuities found in four-fermion bootstrap in 3d, as well as in the mixed-correlator analysis of the 3d Ising CFT. As an important byproduct of our work, we develop a practical technology for numerical approximation of general 4d conformal blocks.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP06(2019)088},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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