Conformal blocks in the large D limit

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2013)107zbMATH Open1342.83102arXiv1305.0004OpenAlexW3098206733WikidataQ59711981 ScholiaQ59711981MaRDI QIDQ737532FDOQ737532

Authors: A. Liam Fitzpatrick, Jared Kaplan, David Poland 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

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

Abstract: We derive conformal blocks in an inverse spacetime dimension expansion. In this large D limit, the blocks are naturally written in terms of a new combination of conformal cross-ratios. We comment on the implications for the conformal bootstrap at large D.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0004

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zbMATH Keywords

field theories in higher dimensionsconformal and W symmetrynonperturbative effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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