The conformal bootstrap: Theory, numerical techniques, and applications
Conformal field theories have been long known to describe the fascinating universal physics
of scale invariant critical points. They describe continuous phase transitions in fluids …
of scale invariant critical points. They describe continuous phase transitions in fluids …
[HTML][HTML] Selected topics in analytic conformal bootstrap: A guided journey
This review aims to offer a pedagogical introduction to the analytic conformal bootstrap
program via a journey through selected topics. We review analytic methods which include …
program via a journey through selected topics. We review analytic methods which include …
Bootstrap** noninvertible symmetries
Using the numerical modular bootstrap, we constrain the space of 1+ 1 d conformal field
theories (CFTs) with a finite noninvertible global symmetry described by a fusion category C …
theories (CFTs) with a finite noninvertible global symmetry described by a fusion category C …
Pure Gravity and Stringy Unitarity
We construct a unitary, modular-invariant torus partition function of a two-dimensional
conformal field theory with a Virasoro primary spectral gap of Δ*=[(c-1)/12] above the …
conformal field theory with a Virasoro primary spectral gap of Δ*=[(c-1)/12] above the …
Snowmass White Paper: The Analytic Conformal Bootstrap
The analytic conformal bootstrap is an array of techniques to characterize, constrain, and
solve strongly interacting quantum field theories using symmetries, causality, unitarity, and …
solve strongly interacting quantum field theories using symmetries, causality, unitarity, and …
symmetries, anomalies, and the modular bootstrap
We explore constraints on (1+ 1) d unitary conformal field theory with an internal ZN global
symmetry, by bounding the lightest symmetry-preserving scalar primary operator using the …
symmetry, by bounding the lightest symmetry-preserving scalar primary operator using the …
Sphere packing and quantum gravity
We establish a precise relation between the modular bootstrap, used to con-strain the
spectrum of 2D CFTs, and the sphere packing problem in Euclidean geometry. The modular …
spectrum of 2D CFTs, and the sphere packing problem in Euclidean geometry. The modular …
Quantum stabilizer codes, lattices, and CFTs
A bstract There is a rich connection between classical error-correcting codes, Euclidean
lattices, and chiral conformal field theories. Here we show that quantum error-correcting …
lattices, and chiral conformal field theories. Here we show that quantum error-correcting …
Modular invariance and thermal effective field theory in CFT
A bstract We use thermal effective field theory to derive that the coefficient of the first
subleading piece of the thermal free energy, c 1, is equal to the coefficient of the subleading …
subleading piece of the thermal free energy, c 1, is equal to the coefficient of the subleading …
Anomalies and bounds on charged operators
We study the implications of the't Hooft anomaly (ie, obstruction to gauging) on conformal
field theory, focusing on the case when the global symmetry is Z 2. Using the modular …
field theory, focusing on the case when the global symmetry is Z 2. Using the modular …