Author:
Fitzpatrick A. Liam,Kaplan Jared
Abstract
Abstract
The bulk S-Matrix can be given a non-perturbative definition in terms of the flat space limit of AdS/CFT. We show that the unitarity of the S-Matrix, ie the optical theorem, can be derived by studying the behavior of the OPE and the conformal block decomposition in the flat space limit. When applied to perturbation theory in AdS, this gives a holographic derivation of the cutting rules for Feynman diagrams. To demonstrate these facts we introduce some new techniques for the analysis of conformal field theories. Chief among these is a method for conglomerating local primary operators
$ {{\mathcal{O}}_1} $
and
$ {{\mathcal{O}}_2} $
to extract the contribution of an individual primary
$ {{\mathcal{O}}_{{\varDelta, \ell }}} $
in their OPE. This provides a method for isolating the contribution of specific conformal blocks which we use to prove an important relation between certain conformal block coefficients and anomalous dimensions. These techniques make essential use of the simplifications that occur when CFT correlators are expressed in terms of a Mellin amplitude.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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