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 ====== List of CFTs ====== ====== List of CFTs ======
  
-Here is a list of CFTs. They are organized by dimension. Note that some CFTs, like the gaussian theories and [[percolation|percolation]], can be defined in any number of dimensions.+Here is a list of CFTs. They are organized by dimension. Note that some CFTs, like the [[gaussian|gaussian theories]] and [[percolation|percolation]], can be defined in any number of dimensions. This allows their conformal data to be analytically continued between dimensions, connecting otherwise apparently different CFTs.
  
 Some special classes of CFTs: Some special classes of CFTs:
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 ===== One dimension ===== ===== One dimension =====
  
-In 1d, the conformal Ward identity $T_\mu{}^\mu = 0$ implies $T_{00} = H = 0$. Therefore quantum systems which truly respect conformal invariance are non-local (see [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1105.1772.pdf|here]] for another argument). Nonetheless, there are a number of interesting models exhibiting conformal symmetry or near conformal symmetry in one dimension.+In 1d, the conformal Ward identity $T_\mu{}^\mu = 0$ implies $T_{00} = H = 0$. Therefore quantum systems which truly respect conformal invariance are [[list_of_cfts#nonlocal_cfts|nonlocal]] (see [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1105.1772.pdf|here]] for another argument). Nonetheless, there are a number of interesting models exhibiting conformal symmetry or near conformal symmetry in one dimension.
  
 {{topic>1d}} {{topic>1d}}
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 ===== Fractional/continuous dimension ===== ===== Fractional/continuous dimension =====
  
-Non-chiral CFTs can often be defined in continuous dimension $d$, though they are usually explicilty non-unitary for noninteger $d$ due to evanescent operators [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00013 | 1]].+Non-chiral CFTs can often be defined in continuous dimension $d$, though they are usually explicilty non-unitary for noninteger $d$ due to evanescent operators that have negative norm [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00013 | 1]]. In the limit as $d$ approaches an integer, these evanescent operators decouple from the CFT.
  
 These CFTs apparently exist, even nonperturbatively. What's the conformal symmetry group? Possibly relevant: [[http://mr.crossref.org/iPage?doi=10.1070%2FRM1988v043n02ABEH001720]] These CFTs apparently exist, even nonperturbatively. What's the conformal symmetry group? Possibly relevant: [[http://mr.crossref.org/iPage?doi=10.1070%2FRM1988v043n02ABEH001720]]
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 ===== Nonlocal CFTs ===== ===== Nonlocal CFTs =====
  
-It is possible to define theories with full SO(d+1,1) symmetry that do not have a local action (i.e. $S= \int d^d x O(x)$ for some local operator $x$). These are called nonlocal CFTs, long-range CFTs, or just Conformal Theories (CTs).+It is possible to define quantum field theories with full SO$(d+1,1)$ symmetry that do not have a local action (i.e. $S= \int d^d x O(x)$ for some local operator $x$). These are called nonlocal CFTs, long-range CFTs, or just Conformal Theories (CTs).
  
-The simplest example of these are the generalized free fields (GFFs, also called mean field theory), where we declare a field to have a conformal two-point function, and then determine all other correlators by the usual Wick contractions.+The simplest example of these are the [[gaussian|generalized free fields]] (GFFs, also called mean field theory), which are Gaussian: we declare one field to have a conformal two-point function, and then determine all other correlators by the usual Wick contractions.
  
 By perturbing one of these GFFs $\phi$ of arbitrary scaling dimension $\Delta$ by $\phi^4$ and tuning to the critical point, we can construct the the long-range Ising CFT in arbitrary dimension $d$. By perturbing one of these GFFs $\phi$ of arbitrary scaling dimension $\Delta$ by $\phi^4$ and tuning to the critical point, we can construct the the long-range Ising CFT in arbitrary dimension $d$.
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