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Descending into the Modular Bootstrap
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Date & Time
Fri, 1 May 2026
19:00
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Dive deep into the complexities of modular bootstrap in theoretical physics.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Jesse Thaler discuss using machine learning to find valid torus partition functions.
• Learn about the obstruction to finding CFTs with small central charge and large spectral gaps.
Event Highlights
- •Exploration of two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs)
- •Using machine learning to search for CFT spectra
- •Insights into the structure of the CFT landscape
- •Collaboration between human physicists and artificial intelligence
Speaker
Jesse Thaler
Professor, MIT
Organized by: University of Oxford Department of Physics
Contact: tpadmin@physics.ox.ac.uk
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