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Pulkit Agarwal

Publications and source records attributed to Pulkit Agarwal.

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arXiv2026

Large Spin Systematics: Patterns from Reciprocity for Multiple Spinning Operators

We study the behaviour of the conformal block expansions of scalar fivepoint Lorentzian conformal correlators in the limit where multiple cross ratios approach zero. Since this limit is controlled by intermediate operators with large spin, we use it to study the large spin expansion of the OPE coefficients involving these operators. By imposing bootstrap assumptions such as analyticity of the correlators, we derive an infinite set of new constraints on the large spin behaviour of OPE coefficients involving multiple spinning operators. We also show that for the case of $l=0$, these constraints can be trivialised to all orders in $1/J$ by identifying a pattern in the coefficients.

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arXiv2025

Lorentzian OPE Inversion Formula: A Geometric Perspective

We give a new perspective on the Lorentzian OPE inversion formula of arXiv:1703.00278, building on arXiv:2302.06469. We introduce an ``auxiliary'' fourpoint function that can be related to the traditionally defined ones via a Radon transform. The Mellin amplitudes associated with this auxiliary function can be shown to be equivalent to the conventional partial wave amplitudes. This has the intuitive geometrical meaning of a generalization of the Projection-Slice Theorem.

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arXiv2024

Embedding Space Approach to Lorentzian CFT Amplitudes and Causal Spherical Functions

Conformal Field Theory in a Minkowski setting is discussed in an embedding space approach, paying special attention to causality constraints for four-point amplitudes. The physics of dilatation and Lorentz boost is emphasized in specifying the non-compact Maximal Abelian subgroup (MASG) of $SO(d,2)$. Reduction of a Conformal Field Theory (CFT) four-point amplitudes as functions of cross ratios is shown to be equivalent to enforcing $H$ bi-invariance, i.e., $F(hgh')=F(g)$, with $g\in SO(d,2)$ and $H$ an appropriate subgroup. Causality is imposed by introducing appropriate semigroups. Causal zonal spherical functions are constructed, making contact with Minkowski conformal blocks introduced previously.

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arXiv2021

Application of Lorentzian CFT Principal Series Representation to Near Forward Scattering

We present a discussion on recent progress in high energy diffraction from the perspective of AdS/CFT, through which a unified treatment for both perturbative and nonperturbative Pomeron emerges. By working with Unitary Irreducible Representation of Conformal group, a frame is provided in extending AdS/CFT to both forward and nearforward scattering. We present an analysis involving an exact solution to conformal blocks in Minkowski CFT and discuss possible applications. Phenomenological applications can range from forward scattering to DIS/DVCS/TMD at LHC energies and beyond.

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