The conformal bootstrap: Theory, numerical techniques, and applications

D Poland, S Rychkov, A Vichi - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Selected topics in analytic conformal bootstrap: A guided journey

A Bissi, A Sinha, X Zhou - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Precision islands in the Ising and O (N) models

F Kos, D Poland, D Simmons-Duffin, A Vichi - Journal of High Energy …, 2016 - Springer
A bstract We make precise determinations of the leading scaling dimensions and operator
product expansion (OPE) coefficients in the 3d Ising, O (2), and O (3) models from the …

Carving out OPE space and precise O (2) model critical exponents

SM Chester, W Landry, J Liu, D Poland… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We develop new tools for isolating CFTs using the numerical bootstrap. A “cutting
surface” algorithm for scanning OPE coefficients makes it possible to find islands in high …

The lightcone bootstrap and the spectrum of the 3d Ising CFT

D Simmons-Duffin - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
We compute numerically the dimensions and OPE coefficients of several operators in the 3d
Ising CFT, and then try to reverse-engineer the solution to crossing symmetry analytically …

The S-matrix bootstrap. Part I: QFT in AdS

MF Paulos, J Penedones, J Toledo… - Journal of High Energy …, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We propose a strategy to study massive Quantum Field Theory (QFT) using
conformal bootstrap methods. The idea is to consider QFT in hyperbolic space and study …

Where is string theory in the space of scattering amplitudes?

A Guerrieri, J Penedones, P Vieira - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We use the S-matrix bootstrap to carve out the space of unitary, crossing symmetric and
supersymmetric graviton scattering amplitudes in ten dimensions. We focus on the leading …

Vertex operator algebras, Higgs branches, and modular differential equations

C Beem, L Rastelli - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract Every four-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) superconformal field theory comes
equipped with an intricate algebraic invariant, the associated vertex operator algebra. The …

Weight shifting operators and conformal blocks

D Karateev, P Kravchuk, D Simmons-Duffin - Journal of High Energy …, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We introduce a large class of conformally-covariant differential operators and a
crossing equation that they obey. Together, these tools dramatically simplify calculations …

Top down approach to 6D SCFTs

JJ Heckman, T Rudelius - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Six-dimensional (6D) superconformal field theories (SCFTs) occupy a central place
in the study of quantum field theories encountered in high energy theory. This article reviews …