New Developments in the Numerical Conformal Bootstrap
Abstract
The numerical conformal bootstrap has become in the last 15 years an indispensable tool for studying strongly coupled CFTs in various dimensions. Here we review the main developments in the field in the last 5 years, since the appearance of the previous comprehensive review Poland:2018epd. We describe developments in the software ( SDPB 2.0, scalar\blocks, blocks\3d, autoboot, hyperion, simpleboot), and on the algorithmic side (Delauney triangulation, cutting surface, tiptop, navigator function, skydive). We also describe the main physics applications which were obtained using the new technology.
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