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New developments in the numerical conformal bootstrap

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Over the past 15 years, the numerical conformal bootstrap has become an indispensable tool for studying strongly coupled conformal field theories in various dimensions. Reviewed here are the main developments in the field in the five years since the publication of the previous comprehensive review [D. Poland, S. Rychkov, and A. Vichi, Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 015002 (2019)]. Developments in the software (SDPB 2.0, scalar_blocks, blocks_3d, autoboot, hyperion, and simpleboot) and on the algorithmic side (Delaunay triangulation, cutting surface, tiptop, navigator function, and skydive) are described. Also chronicled are the main physics applications that have been obtained using new technologies.

Source: Reviews of Modern Physics

DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.96.045004

Authors: Slava Rychkov, Ning Su

Institutions: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, University of Pisa, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Simons Foundation, European Commission, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Awards: G5731048690, G7157448486, G7822648524