We initiate the lightcone bootstrap analysis of multipoint correlators in a defect conformal field theory. The setup we consider is the three-point function of two bulk and one defect operator. Requiring consistency of the crossing equation in the lightcone limit, we find constraints on the defect spectrum at large transverse spin. Specifically, to reproduce the exchange of the leading-twist operator in the bulk channel we find two new twist-accumulating families of defect operators at large transverse spin and we compute their defect CFT data in this limit.

Lightcone Bootstrap for Multipoint Defect Correlators

Lorenzo Bianchi;Andrea Mattiello;Lorenzo Quintavalle
2026-01-01

Abstract

We initiate the lightcone bootstrap analysis of multipoint correlators in a defect conformal field theory. The setup we consider is the three-point function of two bulk and one defect operator. Requiring consistency of the crossing equation in the lightcone limit, we find constraints on the defect spectrum at large transverse spin. Specifically, to reproduce the exchange of the leading-twist operator in the bulk channel we find two new twist-accumulating families of defect operators at large transverse spin and we compute their defect CFT data in this limit.
2026
1
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23428v2
High Energy Physics - Theory; High Energy Physics - Theory
Lorenzo Bianchi; Andrea Mattiello; Lorenzo Quintavalle
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