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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 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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