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Selected Topics in Analytic Conformal Bootstrap: A Guided Journey

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-10-26 v2

Abstract

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 the large spin perturbation theory, Mellin space methods and the Lorentzian inversion formula. These techniques are applied to a variety of topics ranging from large-N theories, to the epsilon expansion and holographic superconformal correlators, and are demonstrated in a large number of explicit examples.

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@article{arxiv.2202.08475,
  title  = {Selected Topics in Analytic Conformal Bootstrap: A Guided Journey},
  author = {Agnese Bissi and Aninda Sinha and Xinan Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.08475},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Invited review for Physics Reports, 150 pages, 29 figures; v2: discussions improved, references added, to appear on Physics Reports

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