QFT from CFT

15.11.2018 14:00 – 15:00

I will describe a new numerical approach for calculating dynamical quantities in QFT in the non-perturbative regime.
In this approach any QFT (including a gauge theory) can be formulated as a relevant perturbation of a UV CFT.
The states of the CFT are used as a basis to describe the resulting RG-flow. Holography motivates a certain truncation
of the CFT basis which allows for numerical calculation. I will provide numerical evidence in certain 2D and 3D theories that
this truncation provides for an effective approximation for evaluating certain non-perturbative quantities (like the Zamolodchikov
c-function along an RG-flow). Implementing the method in the context of light-cone quantization
has various advantages including greatly simplifying flows in the large-N limit. Whether such a simplification occurs
depends on properties of the UV large-N CFT and can be checked via a certain diagnostic.

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Bâtiment: Ecole de Physique

Salle 234

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