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Classical conformal blocks via AdS/CFT correspondence

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-09-30 v2

Abstract

We continue to develop the holographic interpretation of classical conformal blocks in terms of particles propagating in an asymptotically AdS3AdS_3 geometry. We study nn-point block with two heavy and n2n-2 light fields. Using the worldline approach we propose and explicitly describe the corresponding bulk configuration, which consists of n3n-3 particles propagating in the conical defect background produced by the heavy fields. We test this general picture in the case of five points. Using the special combinatorial representation of the Virasoro conformal block we compute 55-point classical block and find the exact correspondence with the bulk worldline action. In particular, the bulk analysis relies upon the special perturbative procedure which treats the 55-point case as a deformation of the 44-pt case.

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@article{arxiv.1504.05943,
  title  = {Classical conformal blocks via AdS/CFT correspondence},
  author = {K. B. Alkalaev and V. A. Belavin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.05943},
  year   = {2015}
}

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28 pages, v2: more comments, journal version

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