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.

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Journal of High Energy Physics
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2026-02-23
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https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2026)223
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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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Conformal collider physics at large charge

Gabriel Cuomo, Eren Firat, Lorenzo Ricci, Filippo Nardi
Journal of High Energy Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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Conformal collider physics at large charge

Gabriel Cuomo, Eren Firat, Lorenzo Ricci, Filippo Nardi
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Abstract

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.

Journal of High Energy PhysicsVol. 2026(2)
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)
National Science Foundation, National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
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