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An L-function Approach to 2D CFT

Speaker
Eric Perlmutter
Date
Fri April 11th 2025, 1:30 - 3:00pm
Affiliation
IPhT, Saclay
Event Sponsor
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics
Location
Varian 355

We construct L-functions for general modular-invariant 2D CFTs, providing an analytic language for studying high-energy spectra and their resolution. We apply this tool to the modular bootstrap at large central charge. This leads to some considerations of chaos and spectral rigidity in 2D CFT.