A multipoint conformal block chain in d dimensions

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2020)120zbMATH Open1437.83116arXiv1911.09190MaRDI QIDQ779391FDOQ779391

Authors: Sarthak Parikh 

Publication date: 21 July 2020

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

Abstract: Conformal blocks play a central role in CFTs as the basic, theory-independent building blocks. However, only limited results are available concerning multipoint blocks associated with the global conformal group. In this paper, we systematically work out the $d$-dimensional $n$-point global conformal blocks (for arbitrary $d$ and $n$) for external and exchanged scalar operators in the so-called comb channel. We use kinematic aspects of holography and previously worked out higher-point AdS propagator identities to first obtain the geodesic diagram representation for the $(n+2)$-point block. Subsequently, upon taking a particular double-OPE limit, we obtain an explicit power series expansion for the $n$-point block expressed in terms of powers of conformal cross-ratios. Interestingly, the expansion coefficient is written entirely in terms of Pochhammer symbols and $(n-4)$ factors of the generalized hypergeometric function ${}_3{F}_2$, for which we provide a holographic explanation. This generalizes the results previously obtained in the literature for $n=4,5$. We verify the results explicitly in embedding space using conformal Casimir equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.09190

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryAdS-CFT correspondenceconformal and W symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) Correspondence, duality, holography (AdS/CFT, gauge/gravity, etc.) (81T35) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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• CFTs4D

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