2021/04/30 by Sandipan Kundu · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Amplitude #Anti-de Sitter space #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Conformal field theory #Conformal map #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Coupling constant #Field (mathematics) #Geometry #Gravitation #Graviton #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar field #Scattering amplitude #Spacetime #Theoretical physics #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep01(2022)176
37 pages + appendices, multiple figures
arxiv created 2021/08/23 · openalex publication_date 2022/01/01 · arxiv updated 2022/02/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A bstract There are effective field theories that cannot be embedded in any UV complete theory. We consider scalar effective field theories, with and without dynamical gravity, in D -dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime with large radius and derive precise bounds (analytically) on the coupling constants of higher derivative interactions ϕ 2 □ k ϕ 2 by only requiring that the dual CFT obeys the standard conformal bootstrap axioms. In particular, we show that all such coupling constants, for even k ≥ 2, must satisfy positivity, monotonicity, and log-convexity conditions in the absence of dynamical gravity. Inclusion of gravity only affects constraints involving the ϕ 2 □ 2 ϕ 2 interaction which now can have a negative coupling constant. Our CFT setup is a Lorentzian four-point correlator in the Regge limit. We also utilize this setup to derive constraints on effective field theories of multiple scalars. We argue that similar analysis should impose nontrivial constraints on the graviton four-point scattering amplitude in AdS.