On January 28 we will have a seminar by
Leonardo Rastelli (Stony Brook University)
Title: A CFT distance conjecture
Abstract:
We formulate a series of conjectures relating the geometry of conformal manifolds to the spectrum of local operators in conformal field theories in d > 2 spacetime dimensions. Our central conjecture is that all theories at infinite distance in the Zamolodchikov metric possess an emergent higher-spin symmetry, generated by an infinite tower of currents whose anomalous dimensions vanish exponentially in the distance. In the holographic context our conjectures are related to the Distance Conjecture in the swampland program. We motivate and illustrate these conjectures by surveying the landscape of superconformal field theories in three and four dimensions.
Meeting information:
14th of January at 14:30 Italian Time
Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/19843543
You can watch the recording at
https://pandora.infn.it/public/32a276