Pith. sign in

REVIEW 2 cited by

Structure of Holographic BCFT Correlators from Geodesics

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2109.00079 v3 pith:ENQUZUOL submitted 2021-08-31 hep-th

Structure of Holographic BCFT Correlators from Geodesics

classification hep-th
keywords pointapproximationbcftboundarygeodesicholographicbranefield
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
read the original abstract

We compute correlation functions, specifically 1-point and 2-point functions, in holographic boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) using geodesic approximation. The holographic model consists of a massive scalar field coupled to a Karch-Randall brane -- a rigid boundary in the bulk AdS space. Geodesic approximation requires the inclusion of paths reflecting off of this brane, which we show in detail. For the 1-point function, we find agreement between geodesic approximation and the harder $\Delta$-exact calculation, and we give a novel derivation of boundary entropy using the result. For the 2-point function, we find a factorization phase transition and a mysterious set of anomalous boundary-localized BCFT operators. We also discuss some puzzles concerning these operators.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 2 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Boundary conformal field theory, holography and bulk locality

    hep-th 2026-02 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    One-loop bulk calculations in holographic BCFT with EOW brane yield scalar correlators whose analytic properties are incompatible with boundary conformal symmetry expectations.

  2. Defects extremal surfaces and interface CFTs

    hep-th 2026-07 conditional novelty 4.0

    A generalized defect-extremal-surface prescription for AdS3/ICFT2 is shown to match island-formula entropies in the large-tension limit and to produce Page curves for 2d eternal black holes.