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Loop Quantum Gravity induced corrections to fermion dynamics in flat space
A summary of recent work related to the calculation of loop quantum gravity
induced corrections to standard particle (photons and spin 1/2 fermions)
dynamics in flat space is presented. Stringent bounds upon the parameters
characterizing the corrections in the fermionic sector, arising from already
known clock-comparison experiments, are reviewed.Comment: 6 pages, no figures, ws-procs9x6.tex, Talk presented at the Third
International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, U. of Cincinnati,
September 10-14, 200
Solving CFTs with Weakly Broken Higher Spin Symmetry
The method of large spin perturbation theory allows to analyse conformal
field theories (CFT) by turning the crossing equations into an algebraic
problem. We apply this method to a generic CFT with weakly broken higher spin
(HS) symmetry, to the first non-trivial order in the breaking parameter. We
show that the spectrum of broken currents, for any value of the spin, follows
from crossing symmetry. After discussing a generic model of a single scalar
field, we focus on vector models with global symmetry. We rediscover the
spectrum of several models, including the Wilson-Fisher model around
four dimensions, the large model in and cubic models around six
dimensions, not necessarily unitary. We also discuss models where the
fundamental field is not part of the spectrum. Examples of this are weakly
coupled gauge theories and our method gives an on-shell gauge invariant way to
study them. At first order in the coupling constant we show that again the
spectrum follows from crossing symmetry, to all values of the spin. Our method
provides an alternative to usual perturbation theory without any reference to a
Lagrangian.Comment: 30 pages,v2:typos correcte
Loop quantum gravity induced modifications to particle dynamics
The construction of effective Hamiltonians arising from Loop Quantum Gravity
and incorporating Planck scale corrections to the dynamics of photons and spin
1/2 particles is summarized. The imposition of strict bounds upon some
parameters of the model using already existing experimental data is also
reviewed.Comment: 9 pages, 0 figures, talk presented at the X Mexican School of
Particles and Fields, latex, aipproc style 6x
The superconformal bootstrap for structure constants
We report on non-perturbative bounds for structure constants on N=4 SYM. Such
bounds are obtained by applying the conformal bootstrap recently extended to
superconformal theories. We compare our results with interpolating functions
suitably restricted by the S-duality of the theory. Within numerical errors,
these interpolations support the conjecture that the bounds found in this paper
are saturated at duality invariant values of the coupling. This extends recent
conjectures for the anomalous dimension of leading twist operators.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Conformal Bootstrap With Slightly Broken Higher Spin Symmetry
We consider conformal field theories with slightly broken higher spin
symmetry in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. We analyze the crossing equation in
the double light-cone limit and solve for the anomalous dimensions of higher
spin currents with large spin . The result depends on the
symmetries and the spectrum of the unperturbed conformal field theory. We
reproduce all known results and make further predictions. In particular we make
a prediction for the anomalous dimensions of higher spin currents in the 3d
Ising model.Comment: 41 pages, 2 figures, %\draftmod
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