3 papers
hep-th2019
A functional approach to the numerical conformal bootstrap
Miguel F. Paulos, Bernardo Zan
We apply recently constructed functional bases to the numerical conformal bootstrap for 1D CFTs. We argue and show that numerical results in this basis converge much faster than th…
hep-th2018
Walking, Weak first-order transitions, and Complex CFTs
Victor Gorbenko, Slava Rychkov, Bernardo Zan
We discuss walking behavior in gauge theories and weak first-order phase transitions in statistical physics. Despite appearing in very different systems (QCD below the conformal wi…
hep-th2018
Walking, Weak first-order transitions, and Complex CFTs II. Two-dimensional Potts model at
Victor Gorbenko, Slava Rychkov, Bernardo Zan
We study complex CFTs describing fixed points of the two-dimensional -state Potts model with . Their existence is closely related to the weak first-order phase transition a…