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Main Authors: Bason, Davide, Copetti, Christian, Di Pietro, Lorenzo, Ji, Ziming, Komatsu, Shota
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18392
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author Bason, Davide
Copetti, Christian
Di Pietro, Lorenzo
Ji, Ziming
Komatsu, Shota
author_facet Bason, Davide
Copetti, Christian
Di Pietro, Lorenzo
Ji, Ziming
Komatsu, Shota
contents We introduce a regularized free energy $\mathcal{F}_{\text{AdS}}$ for massive quantum field theories (QFTs) on Anti-de Sitter space (AdS). We conjecture this quantity to be monotonic under the renormalization group (RG) flow induced by boundary perturbations, generalizing the known boundary $F$-theorem to non-conformal setups. We test this conjecture in several examples and provide a proof in two dimensions. We also discuss applications to long-range critical points, obtaining bounds on the sphere free energy of long- and short-range Ising models in three dimensions.
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spellingShingle F-theorem for Quantum Field Theories in Anti-de Sitter Space
Bason, Davide
Copetti, Christian
Di Pietro, Lorenzo
Ji, Ziming
Komatsu, Shota
High Energy Physics - Theory
We introduce a regularized free energy $\mathcal{F}_{\text{AdS}}$ for massive quantum field theories (QFTs) on Anti-de Sitter space (AdS). We conjecture this quantity to be monotonic under the renormalization group (RG) flow induced by boundary perturbations, generalizing the known boundary $F$-theorem to non-conformal setups. We test this conjecture in several examples and provide a proof in two dimensions. We also discuss applications to long-range critical points, obtaining bounds on the sphere free energy of long- and short-range Ising models in three dimensions.
title F-theorem for Quantum Field Theories in Anti-de Sitter Space
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18392