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Dynamics of Finite-Temperature CFTs from OPE Inversion Formulas

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We apply the OPE inversion formula to thermal two-point functions of bosonic and fermionic CFTs in general odd dimensions. This allows us to analyze in detail the operator spectrum of these theories. We find that nontrivial thermal CFTs arise when the thermal mass satisfies an algebraic transcendental equation that ensures the absence of an infinite set of operators from the spectrum. The solutions of these gap equations for general odd dimensions are in general complex numbers and follow a particular pattern. We argue that this pattern unveils the large-$N$ vacuum structure of the corresponding theories at zero temperature.

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$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Field Theories at Finite Temperature

hep-th · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A thermal normal-ordering scheme yields systematic epsilon-expansions for thermal observables in PT-symmetric cubic and quintic O(N) models, agreeing with exact 2D results from minimal models M(2,5) and M(3,8)_D and providing higher-d extrapolations.

Thermal effective action for the $O(N)$ vector model

hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Leading coefficients of the thermal effective action for the large-N critical O(N) vector model in 3D with twist are computed via twisted partition function on S2 and path-integral methods, yielding consistent results.

Thermal conformal partial waves from flat-space and defect CFT

hep-th · 2026-05-26 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Establishes correspondence between flat, thermal, and defect conformal partial waves via shadow formalism, obtaining thermal blocks from flat four-point and defect two-point functions and reducing the Casimir equation diagonally.

A thermal representation for conformal ladder integrals

hep-th · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · novelty 3.0

Conformal ladder integrals are represented via thermal free energies of massive scalars, obey a second-order differential equation in even dimensions at any loop order, and admit an all-loop resummation for arbitrary D.

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  • Neural Spectral Bias and Conformal Correlators I: Introduction and Applications hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 60

    Neural networks optimized solely on crossing symmetry reconstruct CFT correlators from minimal input data to few-percent accuracy across generalized free fields, minimal models, Ising, N=4 SYM, and AdS diagrams.

  • $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Field Theories at Finite Temperature hep-th · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 52

    A thermal normal-ordering scheme yields systematic epsilon-expansions for thermal observables in PT-symmetric cubic and quintic O(N) models, agreeing with exact 2D results from minimal models M(2,5) and M(3,8)_D and providing higher-d extrapolations.

  • Thermal effective action for the $O(N)$ vector model hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 8 · internal anchor

    Leading coefficients of the thermal effective action for the large-N critical O(N) vector model in 3D with twist are computed via twisted partition function on S2 and path-integral methods, yielding consistent results.

  • Thermal conformal partial waves from flat-space and defect CFT hep-th · 2026-05-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 8 · internal anchor

    Establishes correspondence between flat, thermal, and defect conformal partial waves via shadow formalism, obtaining thermal blocks from flat four-point and defect two-point functions and reducing the Casimir equation diagonally.

  • Neural Networks Reveal a Universal Bias in Conformal Correlators hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 16

    Neural networks trained on crossing symmetry accurately reconstruct conformal correlators from minimal inputs due to alignment between their spectral bias and CFT smoothness.

  • Neural Networks, Dispersion Relations and the Thermal Bootstrap hep-th · 2026-05-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 34 · internal anchor

    A neural-network approach with dispersion relations handles infinite OPE towers in thermal conformal correlators without positivity.

  • A thermal representation for conformal ladder integrals hep-th · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    Conformal ladder integrals are represented via thermal free energies of massive scalars, obey a second-order differential equation in even dimensions at any loop order, and admit an all-loop resummation for arbitrary D.

  • The analytic bootstrap at finite temperature hep-th · 2025-06-06 · unreviewed · ref 21 · internal anchor