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PyCFTBoot: A Flexible Interface for the Conformal Bootstrap

PyCFTBoot: A Flexible Interface for the Conformal Bootstrap
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Year:    2017

Author:    Connor Behan

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 22 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 1–38

Abstract

We introduce PyCFTBoot, a wrapper designed to reduce the barrier to entry in conformal bootstrap calculations that require semidefinite programming. Symengine and SDPB are used for the most intensive symbolic and numerical steps respectively. After reviewing the built-in algorithms for conformal blocks, we explain how to use the code through a number of examples that verify past results. As an application, we show that the multi-correlator bootstrap still appears to single out the Wilson-Fisher fixed points as special theories in dimensions between 3 and 4 despite the recent proof that they violate unitarity.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0107

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 22 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 1–38

Published online:    2017-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    38

Keywords:    CFT conformal bootstrap python semidefinite programming.

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