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Mellin Representation of Conformal Correlation Functions in the AdS/CFT G.A. Kerimov Trakya University Edirne, Turkey ` 7th Mathematical Physics Meeting 9-19 September 2012 Belgrade Serbia

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Mellin Representation of Conformal

Correlation Functions in the AdS/CFT

G.A. Kerimov

Trakya University Edirne, Turkey

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7th Mathematical Physics Meeting9-19 September 2012 Belgrade Serbia

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Outline

ETH Zurich, 30 June 2010 2 Belgrade, 9 September 2012

I. Introduction

II. Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

III. Momentum-space Representation of CFT Correlators

IV. Mellin Amlitudes in EAdS/CFT

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Introducton

Mellin amplitudes:

Mack (2009)

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Introducton

with

Mellin amplitudes:

Mack (2009)

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Introducton

with

Mellin amplitudes:

Mack (2009)

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Introducton

with

Mellin amplitudes:

Mack (2009)

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Introducton

At large

Mellin amplitudes are simple meromorphic functions of their arguments

Mack (2009)

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the Mellin amplitudes are related to the S-matrix in flat space

Penedones (2011)

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

EAdS:

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

Kerimov (2007)with

EAdS:

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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where : : denotes Wick ordering

Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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Horospherical coordinates:

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Horospherical coordinates:

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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CFT Correlators:

CFT correlators in perturbation theory can be calculated from this by using Wick's theorem. The result is a set of rules, analogousto Feynman rules, namely

Scalar Field Theory in the EAdS/CFT

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Wigner coefficients of SO(d+1,1) :

Kerimov (1985)

where

Momentum-space Representation of CFT Correlators

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Momentum-space Representation of CFT Correlators

Feynman rules:

Vertex :

External line :

Enternal line

with or

Integrate over and

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p1

p2 p3

p4

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2

3

4

p5

Momentum-space Representation of CFT Correlators

Figure 1: Four-point Witten diagram in cubic scalar theory

Associated 4-point function is

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Mellin amplitudes via EAdS/CFT

where

Inserting the integral representation

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Mellin amplitudes via EAdS/CFT

where

with

Inserting the integral representation

one finds

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Mellin amplitudes via EAdS/CFT

Symanziks n-star formulaSymanzik (1972)

with

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Mellin amplitudes via EAdS/CFT

where

4-point Mellin amplitude:

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Mellin amplitudes via EAdS/CFT

4-point Mellin amplitude:

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