Open problems in conformal bootstrap
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Problems about phase transitions
Problems about phase transitions
Bootstrap proof of first order transitions?
A phase transition must be first-order if there is no CFT with the needed symmetry properties. We discuss two known first-order transitions (3-state Potts model in 3d, and a class of antiferromagnetic transitions identified long ago by Mukamel and Krinsky) and what it would take to get a bootstrap proof of this fact. [Problem by Slava Rychkov] Full description 29.03.2020