Correlation functions for non-conformal Dp-brane holography

Abstract: I will explain how we can study correlation functions of local operators in d-dimensional maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in the planar strongly-coupled limit via holography. The relevant supergravity backgrounds (obtained from the near-horizon limit of Dp-branes (with p=d-1) enjoy a scaling similarity, giving rise to an auxiliary AdS space. This allows us to derive simple rules analogous to Witten diagrams for the holographic calculation of correlation functions in these non-conformal setups. Using this framework, I will then explain how to analytically compute two- and three-point correlators of scalar operators, leading to new results which could be tested using lattice QFT methods. Based on [2503.18770] with Nikolay Bobev and Guillermo Mera Álvarez.

HEP - theorymathematical physics

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