Analytic Bootstrap for Holographic Surface Defects

Explore the analytic bootstrap approach for holographic surface defects in this 90-minute seminar presented by Professor Lorenzo Bianchi from the University of Torino. Delve into advanced techniques for analyzing conformal field theories with boundaries and defects using holographic methods, examining how bootstrap constraints can be applied to surface defects in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Learn about the mathematical framework connecting boundary conformal field theory, defect operators, and their holographic dual descriptions. Discover how analytic bootstrap methods provide insights into the spectrum and correlation functions of defect conformal field theories, with particular emphasis on surface defects and their role in quantum field theory with boundaries and impurities.