String Theory Journal Club

I will go over the bootstrap derivation of the structure constant ("the DOZZ formula") of Liouville theory. Following this, I will consider boundary conditions in Liouville theory, with particular focus on the FZZT boundary, and derive some of the structure constants in this boundary theory. I will then summarize the timelike analogs of these results, including some recent progress in boundary timelike Liouville theory in hep-th/2111.04715. Much of the talk will be an overview of well-known and established results, and the presentation will be pedagogical, geared towards graduate students.