Pith. sign in

REVIEW 9 cited by

Loops in AdS: From the Spectral Representation to Position Space

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1910.14340 v3 pith:TRQX5FEU submitted 2019-10-31 hep-th hep-ph

Loops in AdS: From the Spectral Representation to Position Space

classification hep-th hep-ph
keywords diagramspointbubblefunctionloopbulkcomputecontact
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
read the original abstract

We compute a family of scalar loop diagrams in $AdS$. We use the spectral representation to derive various bulk vertex/propagator identities, and these identities enable to reduce certain loop bubble diagrams to lower loop diagrams, and often to tree-level exchange or contact diagrams. An important example is the computation of the finite coupling 4-point function of the large-$N$ conformal $O(N)$ model on $AdS_3$. Remarkably, the re-summation of bubble diagrams is equal to a tree-level contact diagram: the $\bar{D}_{1,1,\frac{3}{2},\frac{3}{2}} (z,\bar z)$ function. Another example is a scalar with $\phi^4$ or $\phi^3$ coupling in $AdS_3$: we compute various 4-point (and higher point) loop bubble diagrams with alternating integer and half-integer scaling dimensions in terms of a finite sum of contact diagrams and tree-level exchange diagrams. The 4-point function with external scaling dimensions differences obeying $\Delta_{12}=0$ and $\Delta_{34}=1$ enjoys significant simplicity which enables us to compute in quite generality. For integer or half-integer scaling dimensions, we show that the $M$-loop bubble diagram can be written in terms of Lerch transcendent functions of the cross-ratios $z$ and $\bar z$. Finally, we compute 2-point bulk bubble diagrams with endpoints in the bulk, and the result can be written in terms of Lerch transcendent functions of the AdS chordal distance. We show that the similarity of the latter two computations is not a coincidence, but arises from a vertex identity between the bulk 2-point function and the double-discontinuity of the boundary 4-point function.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 9 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Closing the loop on $\Phi^4$ in AdS$_3$

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    Computes closed-form one-loop anomalous dimensions for all double-trace operators [φφ]_{n,ℓ} in Φ⁴ theory in AdS₃ for arbitrary n, ℓ and Δ_φ > 1.

  2. The 2-Dimensional Dual of $\phi^4$ in AdS$_3$

    hep-th 2026-02 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    The one-loop diagram in conformally coupled φ⁴ theory in AdS₃ is expressed as an infinite sum of tree-level diagrams, summed via number-theoretic conjectures to give analytic anomalous dimensions for all dual double-t...

  3. Neumann scalars in AdS: partition functions and phases

    hep-th 2026-07 accept novelty 6.0

    Neumann scalars in AdS admit one-loop partition functions obtained by contour deformation from the Dirichlet result; the stricter unitarity bound then yields qualitatively different phase diagrams that are corroborate...

  4. Higher-Trace Operators and Cut Diagrammatics in the Conformal Block Expansion

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Introduces a cut-diagrammatic framework to apply crossing symmetry to individual topologies in large-N CFT correlators and computes associated OPE data for higher-trace operators.

  5. Aspects of Witten Diagrams for Holographic Defects

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Derives explicit OPE coefficients for contact and exchange Witten diagrams and closed-form defect-to-bulk crossing kernels for zero- and surface defects in specific dimensions.

  6. Loops Outside a Black Hole

    hep-th 2025-09 conditional novelty 6.0

    Conjecture reducing bulk loop discontinuity integrals in black hole Schwinger-Keldysh geometry to exterior real-time finite-temperature loop integrals, checked at one to three loops for low-point functions.

  7. Yang-Mills Flux Tube in AdS II: Effective String Theory

    hep-th 2026-02 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    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 wea...

  8. Chern-Simons propagators in AdS$_3$

    hep-th 2025-12 conditional novelty 5.0

    New parity-odd AdS3 spin-1 harmonics and the Chern-Simons operator relating them to parity-even ones yield explicit spectral and split representations for abelian Chern-Simons propagators.

  9. Bulk-to-bulk photon propagator in AdS

    hep-th 2025-10 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Derives photon bulk-to-bulk propagators in AdS in multiple gauges by tensor decomposition and form-factor solution, recovering prior results and adding new expressions with improved IR behavior in Fried-Yennie gauge.