Bootstrap conforme

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Le bootstrap conforme est une méthode non-perturbative pour résoudre des théories conformes des champs. Contrairement à des techniques traditionnelles de la théorie quantique des champs, le bootstrap n'utilise pas le Lagrangien de la théorie, et il s'applique également à des théories non-lagrangiennes. En revanche, le bootstrap ne fait que référence à des paramètres observables de la théorie, comme les dimensions d'échelle des opérateurs locaux et leurs fonctions à trois points. Le bootstrap a son origine dans le développement de courte distance dans les théories conformes, qui les munit d'une structure algébrique, et le fait que ce développement a un rayon de convergence non nul. La notion du bootstrap conforme a été développée dans les années 1970 par le physicien soviétique Alexander Polyakov et les physiciens italiens Sergio Ferrara, Raoul Gatto et Aurelio Grillo. En deux dimensions, le bootstrap conforme a été mené à bien dans un premier temps en 1983 par Alexandre Belavine, A

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