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Main Authors: Castro, Alejandra, Martinez, Pedro J.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15410
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author Castro, Alejandra
Martinez, Pedro J.
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Martinez, Pedro J.
contents We consider an effective theory of massive scalar fields on a fixed AdS$_{d+1}$ background with a cubic extremal interaction among them. A bulk coupling is called extremal whenever the corresponding conformal dimension of any of the dual CFT$_d$ operators matches the sum of all the others. For cubic bulk couplings, this is $Δ_i+Δ_j=Δ_k$. These bulk interactions are often disregarded in the literature since they do not appear in traditional models of AdS/CFT. Turning them on yields a divergent vertex in the dual CFT, and here we show that these divergences can be regulated. Once renormalized, we demonstrate that this coupling introduces non-trivial mixing between single- and double-trace operators, and we compute the anomalous dimensions of the corrected operators to leading order in perturbation theory.
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spellingShingle Revisiting Extremal Couplings in AdS/CFT
Castro, Alejandra
Martinez, Pedro J.
High Energy Physics - Theory
We consider an effective theory of massive scalar fields on a fixed AdS$_{d+1}$ background with a cubic extremal interaction among them. A bulk coupling is called extremal whenever the corresponding conformal dimension of any of the dual CFT$_d$ operators matches the sum of all the others. For cubic bulk couplings, this is $Δ_i+Δ_j=Δ_k$. These bulk interactions are often disregarded in the literature since they do not appear in traditional models of AdS/CFT. Turning them on yields a divergent vertex in the dual CFT, and here we show that these divergences can be regulated. Once renormalized, we demonstrate that this coupling introduces non-trivial mixing between single- and double-trace operators, and we compute the anomalous dimensions of the corrected operators to leading order in perturbation theory.
title Revisiting Extremal Couplings in AdS/CFT
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15410