The perturbative CFT optical theorem and high-energy string scattering in AdS at one loop

Abstract We derive an optical theorem for perturbative CFTs which computes the double discontinuity of conformal correlators from the single discontinuities of lower order correlators, in analogy with the optical theorem for flat space scattering amplitudes. The theorem takes a purely multiplicative...

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Main Authors: António Antunes, Miguel S. Costa, Tobias Hansen, Aaditya Salgarkar, Sourav Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2021)088