# Aspects of Numerical Bootstrap*

- Institution: CERN
- Department: TH institutes
- Speaker: Yuan Xin
- Year: 2022
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3015776)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
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My talk consists of two parts. In the first part, I will discuss a conformal bootstrap study of three dimensional Quantum Electrodynamics coupled to four flavors of electrons. The model is a classic example of a strongly coupled gauged quantum field theory and is believed to have a conformal low-energy phase, while its critical parameters lacks a conclusive answer. We find that the scaling dimensions of the lowest-charge monopole operator and the adjoint fermion bilinear operator can be bounded in a closed region after implementing spectrum assumptions inspired by the large-N_f perturbative predictions. Bootstrap constraints on the conserved current central charges are comfortably consistent with large-N_f perturbation theory, suggesting that at least part of the large-N_f perturbative predictions form a consistent solution to crossing. I will discuss the validity of the assumptions we used and compare with lattice simulations and previous bootstrap study results. In the second part, I will introduce a new method utilizing a crossing equation in Quantum Mechanics to bound spectrum and matrix elements of any theory with a specific Hamiltonian. The new method is inspired by the method of bootstrapping matrix model using the matrix positivity. I will show that this method provides precision solution to a toy example — Anharmonic Oscillator, and suggest a generalization to study infinite-volume spin chains..

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## Lectures

1. [Aspects of Numerical Bootstrap*](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3015776/b140bb79e227), 1 h 36 min (CERN's player)