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A conformal dispersion relation: correlations from absorption

Carmi, Dean  
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Caron-Huot, Simon
September 1, 2020
Journal of High Energy Physics

We introduce the analog of Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations for correlators of four scalar operators in an arbitrary conformal field theory. The correlator is expressed as an integral over its "absorptive part", defined as a double discontinuity, times a theory-independent kernel which we compute explicitly. The kernel is found by resumming the data obtained by the Lorentzian inversion formula. For scalars of equal scaling dimensions, it is a remarkably simple function (elliptic integral function) of two pairs of cross-ratios. We perform various checks of the dispersion relation (generalized free fields, holographic theories at tree-level, 3D Ising model), and get perfect matching. Finally, we derive an integral relation that relates the "inverted" conformal block with the ordinary conformal block.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/JHEP09(2020)009
Web of Science ID

WOS:000568872500007

Author(s)
Carmi, Dean  
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Caron-Huot, Simon
Date Issued

2020-09-01

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published in
Journal of High Energy Physics
Issue

9

Start page

9

Subjects

Physics, Particles & Fields

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Physics

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conformal field theory

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field theories in higher dimensions

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asymptotic-behavior

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unitarity

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amplitudes

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sums

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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FSL  
Available on Infoscience
September 30, 2020
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/172005
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