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Interacting fields in real-time AdS/CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-04-26 v1

Abstract

We compute time-ordered 2- and 3-pt correlation functions of CFT scalar operators between generic in/out states. The calculation is holographically carried out by considering a non backreacting AdS scalar field with a λϕ3\lambda \phi^3 self-interaction term on a combination of Euclidean and Lorentzian AdS sections following the Skenderis-van Rees prescription. We show that, although working in an essentially different set up, the final result for the 3-pt correlators agree with those of Rastelli et al. for Euclidean AdS. By analyzing the inner product between the in/out excited states in the large NN approximation, we argue that a cubic bulk interaction deforms the excited states from coherent into \emph{squeezed}. Finally, a diagrammatic interpretation of the results suggests some general properties for the nn-point correlation functions between excited states.

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@article{arxiv.1703.02384,
  title  = {Interacting fields in real-time AdS/CFT},
  author = {Marcelo Botta-Cantcheff and Pedro J. Martínez and Guillermo A. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02384},
  year   = {2017}
}

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23 pages, 5 figures

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