Small-$b$ expansion of the DOZZ formula for light operators
Abstract
We present a systematic small- expansion of the Liouville DOZZ three-point structure constant in the light-operator regime as . 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 : Using Thorn's asymptotic expansion of the -function we derive closed-form expressions for the leading coefficients and show that each is a symmetric polynomial in the variables . 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