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Holographic correlators with multi-particle states

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-01 v2

Abstract

We derive the connected tree-level part of 4-point holographic correlators in AdS3×S3×M_3\times S^3\times \mathcal{M} (where M{\cal M} is T4T^4 or K3K3) involving two multi-trace and two single-trace operators. These connected correlators are obtained by studying a heavy-heavy-light-light correlation function in the formal limit where the heavy operators become light. These results provide a window into higher-point holographic correlators of single-particle operators. We find that the correlators involving multi-trace operators are compactly written in terms of Bloch-Wigner-Ramakrishnan functions -- particular linear combinations of higher-order polylogarithm functions. Several consistency checks of the derived expressions are performed in various OPE channels. We also extract the anomalous dimensions and 3-point couplings of the non-BPS double-trace operators of lowest twist at order 1/c1/c and find some positive anomalous dimensions at spin zero and two in the K3 case.

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@article{arxiv.2105.04670,
  title  = {Holographic correlators with multi-particle states},
  author = {Nejc Ceplak and Stefano Giusto and Marcel R. R. Hughes and Rodolfo Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.04670},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

48 pages, 3 figures, v2: clarifications about the multi-trace operators added

R2 v1 2026-06-24T01:57:56.035Z