Dynamics of R-neutral Ramond fields in the D1-D5 SCFT

We describe the effect of the marginal deformation of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (4, 4) super-conformal (T4)N/SN orbifold theory on a doublet of R-neutral twisted Ramond fields, in the large-N approximation. Our analysis of their dynamics explores the explicit analytic form of the genus-zero four-point function involving two R-neutral Ramond fields and two deformation operators. We compute this correlation function with two different approaches: the Lunin-Mathur path-integral technique and the stress-tensor method. From its short distance limits, we extract the OPE structure constants and the scaling dimensions of non-BPS fields appearing in the fusion. In the deformed CFT, at second order in the deformation parameter, the two-point function of the n-twisted Ramond fields is UV-divergent. We perform an appropriate regularization, together with a renormalization of the undeformed fields, obtaining finite, well-defined corrections to their two-point functions and their bare conformal weights, for n < N. The fields with maximal twist n = N remain protected from renormalization, with vanishing anomalous dimensions.

Renormalization of twisted Ramond fields in D1-D5 SCFT2

We explore the n-twisted Ramond sector of the deformed two-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (4, 4) superconformal (T4)N/SN orbifold theory, describing bound states of D1-D5 brane system in type IIB superstring. We derive the large-N limit of the four-point function of two R-charged twisted Ramond fields and two marginal deformation operators at the free orbifold point. Specific short-distance limits of this function provide several structure constants, the OPE fusion rules and the conformal dimensions of a few non-BPS operators. The second order correction (in the deformation parameter) to the two-point function of the Ramond fields, defined as double integrals over this four-point function, turns out to be UV-divergent, requiring an appropriate renormalization of the fields. We calculate the corrections to the conformal dimensions of the twisted Ramond ground states at the large-N limit. The same integral yields the first-order deviation from zero of the structure constant of the three-point function of two Ramond fields and one deformation operator. Similar results concerning the correction to the two-point function of bare twist operators and their renormalization are also obtained.

On the Trace Anomaly of the Chaudhuri–Choi–Rabinovici Model

Recently a non-supersymmetric conformal field theory with an exactly marginal deformation in the large N limit was constructed by Chaudhuri–Choi–Rabinovici. On a non-supersymmetric conformal manifold, the c coefficient of the trace anomaly in four dimensions would generically change. In this model, we, however, find that it does not change in the first non-trivial order given by three-loop diagrams.

An $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 Lagrangian for an $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 3 SCFT

We propose that a certain 4d$$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 SU(2) × SU(2) gauge theory flows in the IR to an $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 SCFT plus a single free chiral field. The specific $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 SCFT has rank 1 and a dimension three Coulomb branch operator. The flow is generically expected to land at the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 SCFT deformed by the marginal deformation associated with said Coulomb branch operator. We also present a discussion about the properties expected of various RG invariant quantities from $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 superconformal symmetry, and use these to test our proposal. Finally, we discuss a generalization to another $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 model that we propose is related to a certain rank 3 $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 SCFT through the turning of certain marginal deformations.

Comments on contact terms and conformal manifolds in the AdS/CFT correspondence

We study the contact terms that appear in the correlation functions of exactly marginal operators using the AdS/CFT correspondence. It is known that CFT with an exactly marginal deformation requires the existence of the contact terms is crucial for a consistency of with their coefficients having a geometrical interpretation in the context of conformal manifolds. We show that the AdS/CFT correspondence captures properly the mathematical structure of the correlation functions that is expected from the CFT analysis. For this purpose, we employ holographic RG to formulate a most general setup in the bulk for describing an exactly marginal deformation. The resultant bulk equations of motion are nonlinear and solved perturbatively to obtain the on-shell action. We compute three- and four-point functions of the exactly marginal operators using the GKP-Witten prescription, and show that they match with the expected results precisely. It is pointed out that The cut-off surface prescription in the bulk provides us with a regularization scheme for performing a conformal perturbation. serves as a regularization scheme for conformal perturbation theory in the boundary CFT. around a fixed point is regularized by putting a cut-off surface in the bulk. As an application, we examine a double OPE limit of the four-point functions. The anomalous dimensions of double trace operators are written in terms of the geometrical data of a conformal manifold.

General properties of multiscalar RG Flows in $d=4-\varepsilon$

Fixed points of scalar field theories with quartic interactions in d=4-\veps dimensions are considered in full generality. For such theories it is known that there exists a scalar function A of the couplings through which the leading-order beta-function can be expressed as a gradient. It is here proved that the fixed-point value of A is bounded from below by a simple expression linear in the dimension of the vector order parameter, N. Saturation of the bound requires a marginal deformation, and is shown to arise when fixed points with the same global symmetry coincide in coupling space. Several general results about scalar CFTs are discussed, and a review of known fixed points is given.

Boundary conditions for conformally coupled scalar in AdS4

We consider conformally coupled scalar with [Formula: see text] coupling in [Formula: see text] and study its various boundary conditions on AdS boundary. We have obtained perturbative solutions of equation of motion of the conformally coupled scalar with power expansion order by order in [Formula: see text] coupling [Formula: see text] up to [Formula: see text] order. In its dual CFT, we get 2, 4 and 6 point functions by using this solution with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions via AdS/CFT dictionary. We also consider marginal deformation on AdS boundary and get its on-shell and boundary effective actions.