Conformal collider physics at large charge
A bstract We study energy correlators and other event shapes in states created by operators with large global U(1) charge Q in Conformal Field Theories. Focusing on theories whose large charge sector is described by the superfluid Effective Field Theory (EFT), we develop a systematic framework to compute event shapes within the EFT. As formerly observed, event shapes at leading order in 1/ Q factorize into a product of classical expectation values determined by symmetry. In contrast, the subleading contribution to energy-energy and charge-charge correlators is a nontrivial prediction of the EFT, which we compute explicitly. Our results reveal a sharp collinear enhancement of the correlation between detectors, induced by the propagation of sound. We also generalize our findings to a broad class of event shapes.
Authors
- Gabriel Cuomo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-9010)
- Eren Firat
- Lorenzo Ricci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8704-3545)
- Filippo Nardi
Institutions
- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (IT)
- Princeton University (US)
- Institute of Particle Physics (CA)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste (IT)
- New York University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2026)223
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung