Dispersion relation for CFT four-point functions

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2020)092zbMATH Open1436.81111arXiv1910.04661OpenAlexW3105102270MaRDI QIDQ780748FDOQ780748

Authors: Agnese Bissi, Parijat Dey, Tobias Hansen 

Publication date: 15 July 2020

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

Abstract: We present a dispersion relation in conformal field theory which expresses the four point function as an integral over its single discontinuity. Exploiting the analytic properties of the OPE and crossing symmetry of the correlator, we show that in perturbative settings the correlator depends only on the spectrum of the theory, as well as the OPE coefficients of certain low twist operators, and can be reconstructed unambiguously. In contrast to the Lorentzian inversion formula, the validity of the dispersion relation does not assume Regge behavior and is not restricted to the exchange of spinning operators. As an application, the correlator $langlephiphiphiphiangle$ in $ph{i}^4$ theory at the Wilson-Fisher fixed point is computed in closed form to order $epsilo{n}^2$ in the $epsilon$ expansion.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.04661

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryconformal and W symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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