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SUMMARY:Conformal Bootstrap and Continuous Phase Transitions in 3D *Unusua
 l Venue* - Andy Stergiou (Los Alamos)
DTSTART:20191003T120000Z
DTEND:20191003T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Carl Turner
DESCRIPTION:Renormalization group methods have been used for almost 50 yea
 rs to obtain results for critical exponents of conformal field theories (C
 FTs)\, while relying on assumptions and approximations that are not rigoro
 usly justified. More recently\, the numerical conformal bootstrap\, a full
 y nonperturbative method\, has proven to be very powerful in calculating c
 ritical exponents and other physical observables of unitary CFTs. In this 
 talk we will review the numerical conformal bootstrap method and discuss i
 ts applications to 3D CFTs relevant for continuous phase transitions obser
 ved in various experiments.\n\n(Please note the unusual venue for this sem
 inar.)
LOCATION:Note: MR5
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