Light-ray operators in conformal field theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2018)102zbMath1404.81234arXiv1805.00098WikidataQ106730121 ScholiaQ106730121MaRDI QIDQ1635210

Publication date: 18 December 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.00098

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theory field theories in higher dimensions conformal and W symmetry average null energy condition light-ray operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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