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Small-$b$ expansion of the DOZZ formula for light operators

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-02-13 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present a systematic small-bb expansion of the Liouville DOZZ three-point structure constant in the light-operator regime αi=bσi\alpha_i=b\sigma_i as b0b\to0. In this limit, the exact DOZZ function factorizes into a prefactor {\cal P(b;\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3) and a power series in b2b^2: C(bσ1,bσ2,bσ3)=P(b;σi)[1+n1b2nΩn(σ1,σ2,σ3)]. C(b\sigma_1,b\sigma_2,b\sigma_3)={\cal P}(b;\sigma_i)\Bigg[1+\sum_{n\ge1}b^{2n}\,\Omega_n(\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3)\Bigg]. Using Thorn's asymptotic expansion of the Υb\Upsilon_b-function we derive closed-form expressions for the leading coefficients Ωn(σi)\Omega_n(\sigma_i) and show that each Ωn\Omega_n is a symmetric polynomial in the variables σi\sigma_i. Our expansion provides explicit perturbative corrections to the semiclassical Liouville three-point function and therefore supplies a practical tool for applications in celestial holography, in particular, for generating loop-level corrections to the tree-level three-gluon scattering amplitude. Finally, we formulate a perturbative Liouville program for celestial amplitudes and outline directions for further development.

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@article{arxiv.2509.21182,
  title  = {Small-$b$ expansion of the DOZZ formula for light operators},
  author = {Franco Ferrari and Marcin R. Piatek and Artur R. Pietrykowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.21182},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

16 pages, v2: Added Sec. 3 "Perturbative Liouville for celestial loops''; improved conclusions and exposition; minor edits