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Correlation Functions in Holographic RG Flows

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We discuss the computation of correlation functions in holographic RG flows. The method utilizes a recently developed Hamiltonian version of holographic renormalization and it is more efficient than previous methods. A significant simplification concerns the treatment of infinities: instead of performing a general analysis of counterterms, we develop a method where only the contribution of counterterms to any given correlator needs to be computed. For instance, the computation of renormalized 2-point functions requires only an analysis at the linearized level. We illustrate the method by discussing flat and AdS-sliced domain walls. In particular, we discuss correlation functions of the Janus solution, a recently discovered non-supersymmetric but stable AdS-sliced domain wall.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0407071,
  title  = {Correlation Functions in Holographic RG Flows},
  author = {Ioannis Papadimitriou and Kostas Skenderis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0407071},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

33 pages, v2 additional material on Janus solution, typos corrected, refs added, v3 additional comments on Janus solution, figure added, version to appear in JHEP