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AdS$_4$/CFT$_3$ for Unprotected Operators

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-06-18 v4

Abstract

We consider the four-point function of the lowest scalar in the stress-energy tensor multiplet in N=8\mathcal{N}=8 ABJ(M) theory \cite{Aharony:2008ug, Aharony:2008gk}. At large central charge cTN3/2c_T\sim N^{3/2}, this correlator is given by the corresponding holographic correlation function in 11d supergravity on AdS4×S7AdS_4\times S^7. We use Mellin space techniques to compute the leading 1/cT1/c_T correction to anomalous dimensions and OPE coefficients of operators that appear in this holographic correlator. For half and quarter-BPS operators, we find exact agreement with previously computed localization results. For the other BPS and non-BPS operators, our results match the N=8\mathcal{N}=8 numerical bootstrap for ABJ(M) at large cTc_T, which provides a precise check of unprotected observables in AdS/CFT.

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@article{arxiv.1803.01379,
  title  = {AdS$_4$/CFT$_3$ for Unprotected Operators},
  author = {Shai M. Chester},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01379},
  year   = {2019}
}

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22 pages, 1 figure, v4, fixed typos

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