Holographic correlators with multi-particle states
Abstract
We derive the connected tree-level part of 4-point holographic correlators in AdS (where is or ) 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 and find some positive anomalous dimensions at spin zero and two in the K3 case.
Cite
@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