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Shockwave S-matrix from Schwarzian Quantum Mechanics

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Schwarzian quantum mechanics describes the collective IR mode of the SYK model and captures key features of 2D black hole dynamics. Exact results for its correlation functions were obtained in JHEP {\bf 1708}, 136 (2017) [arXiv:1705.08408]. We compare these results with bulk gravity expectations. We find that the semi-classical limit of the out-of-time-order (OTO) four-point function exactly matches with the scattering amplitude obtained from the Dray-'t Hooft shockwave $\mathcal{S}$-matrix. We show that the two point function of heavy operators reduces to the semi-classical saddle-point of the Schwarzian action. We also explain a previously noted match between the OTO four point functions and 2D conformal blocks. Generalizations to higher-point functions, and applications, are discussed.

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hep-th · 2025-06-02 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

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hep-th · 2026-02-18 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

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    An SYK-based quantum system reproduces semiclassical correlators of quantum fields in rigid de Sitter space and non-trivial OTOC features including a doubled Lyapunov exponent.

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    Two-loop effective string theory observables for Yang-Mills flux tubes in large-radius AdS are computed via transcendentality ansatz bootstrap, with Padé resummation used to probe interpolation toward small-radius weak-coupling AdS.

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