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Witten Diagrams for Torus Conformal Blocks

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We give a holographic description of global conformal blocks in two dimensional conformal field theory on the sphere and on the torus. We show that the conformal blocks for one-point functions on the torus can be written as Witten diagrams in thermal AdS. This is accomplished by deriving a general conformal Casimir equation for global conformal blocks, and showing that Witten diagrams obey the same equation. We study the semi-classical limit of n-point conformal blocks, and show that these equal the action of a network of bulk world-lines obeying appropriate geodesic equations. We give an alternate description in the Chern-Simons formulation of 3D gravity, where the conformal blocks are described by networks of Wilson lines, and argue that these formulations are equivalent.

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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.

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  • Propagator identities, holographic conformal blocks, and higher-point AdS diagrams hep-th · 2019-06-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 87 · internal anchor

    The authors derive new propagator identities that yield holographic representations for 5- and 6-point global scalar conformal blocks and obtain closed-form direct-channel decompositions of a class of higher-point AdS diagrams.

  • Thermal One-point Functions and Asymptotic CFT Data: QFT in AdS hep-th · 2026-06-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 37 · internal anchor

    Thermal inversion formulas produce asymptotically accurate CFT data for heavy operators that remains reliable at intermediate dimensions and survives first-order bulk interactions.

  • Thermal conformal partial waves from flat-space and defect CFT hep-th · 2026-05-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · 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.