Selected topics in analytic conformal bootstrap: A guided journey
Agnese Bissi, Aninda Sinha, Xinan Zhou
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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PhysicsConformal mapTheoretical physicsHolographyVariety (cybernetics)Operator product expansionMathematical physicsQuantum mechanicsMathematical analysisArtificial intelligenceComputer scienceMathematicsBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions