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Shimon Sukholuski

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Closing the loop on $Φ^4$ in AdS$_3$

We compute the one-loop correction to the CFT data of all double-trace operators $[ϕϕ]_{n,\ell}$ for a $Φ^4$ theory in AdS$_3$, for arbitrary values of $n$, $\ell$, and of the scaling dimension $Δ_ϕ>1$. Working in the spectral representation, the $t$-channel one-loop bubble diagram is reduced to a product of spectral integrals dressed by the conformal $6j$ symbol. Both the spectral integrals and the subsequent sums over residues are performed analytically, yielding finite closed-form expressions for the anomalous dimensions in terms of higher hypergeometric functions. We discuss the structure of the results, including their large-spin and high-energy behaviors, and show that the anomalous dimensions are completely monotonic in spin.

hep-th

Conformal dispersion relation for mixed correlators

Dispersion relations are nonperturbative formulas that relate the ultraviolet and infrared behavior of an observable with wide-ranging applications applications in linear response theory, quantum field theory scattering amplitudes, and conformal correlators. We derive a position-space dispersion relation for scalar four-point mixed correlation functions in an arbitrary conformal field theory. This formula expresses the correlator in terms of its integrated double discontinuity times a kinematic kernel. The kernel is analytically computed, and expressed in a remarkably simple form as a two-variable Appell function. The dispersion kernel is found by solving a coupled partial differential equation that the kernel obeys. Numerical checks of the dispersion relation are successfully performed for generalized free field correlators. Finally, we show that our position-space dispersion relation is equivalent to a Cauchy-type dispersion relation of the Mellin amplitude of the correlator.

hep-th