We study the functional class and locality problems in the context of higher-spin theories and Vasiliev's equations. A locality criterion that is sufficient to make higher-spin theories well-defined as field theories on Anti-de-Sitter space is proposed. This criterion identifies admissible pseudo-local field redefinitions which preserve AdS/CFT correlation functions as we check in the 3d example. Implications of this analysis for known higher-spin theories are discussed. We also check that the cubic coupling coefficients previously fixed in 3d at the action level give the correct CFT correlation functions upon computing the corresponding Witten diagrams.

On Locality, Holography and Unfolding / Skvortsov, E. D.; Taronna, Massimo. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - (2015). [10.1007/JHEP11(2015)044]

On Locality, Holography and Unfolding

Massimo Taronna
2015

Abstract

We study the functional class and locality problems in the context of higher-spin theories and Vasiliev's equations. A locality criterion that is sufficient to make higher-spin theories well-defined as field theories on Anti-de-Sitter space is proposed. This criterion identifies admissible pseudo-local field redefinitions which preserve AdS/CFT correlation functions as we check in the 3d example. Implications of this analysis for known higher-spin theories are discussed. We also check that the cubic coupling coefficients previously fixed in 3d at the action level give the correct CFT correlation functions upon computing the corresponding Witten diagrams.
2015
On Locality, Holography and Unfolding / Skvortsov, E. D.; Taronna, Massimo. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - (2015). [10.1007/JHEP11(2015)044]
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