"Loops in AdS and Renormalisation"

MPP Theory Seminar

  • Date: Apr 8, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Kostas Skenderis (University of Southampton)
  • Location: MPP
  • Room: A.2.25 - Atlas West
"Loops in AdS and Renormalisation"
I will start by setting up a renormalised AdS/CFT dictionary, accounting for both UV and IR divergences in AdS. IR divergences are dealt with by boundary counterterms, as in holographic renormalization at tree-level, and UV divergences by renormalizing the bulk action. I will show that AdS amplitudes, to all orders in perturbation theory, are CFT correlators by showing that they satisfy the CFT Ward identities. I will then discuss new methodology for computing loop diagrams in AdS that makes full use of AdS isometries, and illustrate the discussion with a 2-loop computation in Phi^4 theory in AdS.
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