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 …

Gluon scattering in AdS from CFT

LF Alday, C Behan, P Ferrero, X Zhou - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We present a systematic study of holographic correlators in a vast array of SCFTs
with non-maximal superconformal symmetry. These theories include 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 …

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 …

Superconformal surfaces in four dimensions

L Bianchi, M Lemos - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We study the constraints of superconformal symmetry on codimension two defects
in four-dimensional superconformal field theories. We show that the one-point function of the …

Spheres, charges, instantons, and bootstrap: a five-dimensional odyssey

CM Chang, M Fluder, YH Lin, Y Wang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We combine supersymmetric localization and the conformal bootstrap to study five-
dimensional superconformal field theories. To begin, we classify the admissible counter …

Bootstrapping monodromy defects in the Wess-Zumino model

A Gimenez-Grau, P Liendo - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We use analytical bootstrap techniques to study supersymmetric monodromy
defects in the critical Wess-Zumino model. In preparation for this result we first study two …

Super-spin chains for 6D SCFTs

F Baume, JJ Heckman, C Lawrie - Nuclear Physics B, 2023 - Elsevier
Nearly all 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) have a partial tensor branch description
in terms of a generalized quiver gauge theory consisting of a long one-dimensional spine of …

The 3d = 6 bootstrap: from higher spins to strings to membranes

DJ Binder, SM Chester, M Jerdee, SS Pufu - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We study the space of 3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 6 SCFTs by combining numerical
bootstrap techniques with exact results derived using supersymmetric localization. First we …

Superconformal boundaries in 4− ϵ dimensions

A Gimenez-Grau, P Liendo, P van Vliet - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Boundaries in three-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 superconformal theories may
preserve one half of the original bulk supersymmetry. There are two possibilities which are …