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Mag
30
Mar
The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

The black hole behind the cut (Dr Cristoforo Iossa, SISSA) @ 603 e online
Mag 30@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

We study holographic correlators in 2d with states whose dimensions scale with the central charge. In the 3d bulk, these heavy states create smooth horizonless solutions of supergravity that reduce to black holes in a certain limit. By solving for quadratic perturbations around these backgrounds we compute heavy-heavy-light-light four point functions at strong coupling, and study their behavior as the geometry approaches that of a black hole. We show that in this limit the spectrum of the theory becomes effectively continuous, and the correlator in momentum space develops a branch cut. The discontinuity along the cut has poles at the quasinormal frequencies of the black hole, similarly to what happens for resonances in quantum mechanics.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

Giu
15
Gio
Parity-odd terms in the trace anomaly of Weyl fermions: elusive or illusory? (Sebastian Franchino-Vinas, Helmholtz-Institut Dresden-Rossendorf) @ Aula 603 e online
Giu 15@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

There is an ongoing discussion regarding the presence of a parity-odd term in the trace anomaly of a quantum field theory consisting of a free Weyl fermion in curved spacetime. The term in question is proportional to the Pontryagin density, times an imaginary factor of dangerous astrophysical implications. In this talk, I will begin by recalling some generalities of (trace) anomalies. Afterwards, I will slowly get into the details, exposing the particularities that arise in the case of Weyl fermions. I will state the arguments provided by those who claim that the odd term does exist, as well as the replies by those of us who asseverate the opposite.

Per connettersi a zoom:
Topic: Theory and Pheno seminars
https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/8573185271
Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

Giu
21
Mer
Gluon scattering in AdS from supersymmetric localization (Pietro Ferrero – Simons Center) @ 602
Giu 21@2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Seminario di Fisica Teorica INFN/DIFI

I will discuss some of the recent progress made in the computation of holographic correlators describing the scattering of gluons in anti de Sitter space. I will focus in particular on a special AdS_5 model, arising from N D3 branes probing a D7 brane singularity, which is the holographic description of a certain 4d N=2 USp(2N) gauge theory with matter. The (mass-deformed) partition function of such gauge theory gives a non-perturbative integral constraint that the holographic correlators must satisfy, thus allowing to fix a number of coefficients that cannot be obtained from bootstrap considerations alone. Among our results: we obtain a finite coupling expression for the first higher-derivative corrections in terms of modular functions, we derive the first three orders in the small alpha’ expansion of the Veneziano amplitude in AdS_5xS^3 and we completely fix a one-loop ambiguity in the gluon amplitude without a reference to the effective action on the D7 branes, which is not known.