English

Finite-$N$ Operator Algebras and the Hilbert Space of Bilocal Holography

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-05 v1

Abstract

We give an operator-algebraic and representation-theoretic description of the Hilbert spaces finite-NN bilocal holography. This work is a sequel to the finite-NN Hilbert space construction of arXiv:2602.20788 [hep-th]. The central result is the establishment of an invariant dual-pair operator algebra: before imposing the singlet constraint the Fock space carries commuting actions of the color group and of a bilocal Lie algebra, while the projection to the singlet sector selects a single irreducible representation of the invariant Lie algebra, which we call a master algebra. The finite-NN trace relations, beginning with the quadratic identities studied here, are shown to become representation-theoretic identities of the selected irreducible representation. We summarize the orthogonal, symplectic and unitary cases, identify the corresponding finite-NN constraints, compute the singlet Casimirs, and explain how finite traces and partition functions are obtained through characters of the resulting irreducible representations. This provides a novel, previously unknown mathematical description of the singlet space.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.04143,
  title  = {Finite-$N$ Operator Algebras and the Hilbert Space of Bilocal Holography},
  author = {Byoungjoon Ahn and Robert de Mello Koch and Vatsal Garg and Antal Jevicki and Junggi Yoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.04143},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

32 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure