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Status |
Confirmed |
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Seminar Series |
RENC-THEO |
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Subjects |
hep-th |
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Date |
Thursday 28 January 2021 |
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Time |
11:00 |
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Institute |
LPTHE |
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Seminar Room |
Zoom and bibliothèque du LPTHE, tour 13-14, 4eme étage |
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Speaker's Last Name |
Perlmutter |
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Speaker's First Name |
Eric |
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Speaker's Email Address |
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Speaker's Institution |
Caltech & IPhT |
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Title |
A CFT Distance Conjecture |
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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. We focus on conformal manifolds with limiting points at infinite
distance with respect to the Zamolodchikov metric. Our central conjecture is that
all theories at infinite distance possess an emergent higher-spin symmetry,
generated by an infinite tower of currents whose anomalous dimensions vanish
exponentially in the distance. Stated geometrically, the diameter of a non-compact
conformal manifold must diverge logarithmically in the higher-spin gap. Our
conjectures are related to the Distance Conjecture in the swampland program. We
discuss the supporting evidence, their holographic interpretation, and
implications for superconformal field theories. |
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Comments |
This seminar will be given in hybrid mode. People who wish to attend in person
should contact Ander Retolaza. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97507124810 (pwd= 1234 ) |
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