Einstein gravity from ANEC correlators
Abstract
We study correlation functions with multiple averaged null energy (ANEC) operators in conformal field theories. For large CFTs with a large gap to higher spin operators, we show that the OPE between a local operator and the ANEC can be recast as a particularly simple differential operator acting on the local operator. This operator is simple enough that we can resum it and obtain the finite distance OPE. Under the large - large gap assumptions, the vanishing of the commutator of ANEC operators tightly constrains the OPE coefficients of the theory. An important example of this phenomenon is the conclusion that in . This implies that the bulk dual of such a CFT is semi-classical Einstein-gravity with minimally coupled matter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.05892,
title = {Einstein gravity from ANEC correlators},
author = {Alexandre Belin and Diego M. Hofman and Gregoire Mathys},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.05892},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
32 pages + appendices, 6 figures; v2:typos corrected and a comment added in introduction