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Self-dual holography: four-point AdS/CFT correlators in higher-spin gravity

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A bstract Self-dual theories, being UV-finite, should have their own AdS/CFT dualities. Higher-spin extensions of self-dual theories are attractive to simplify the CFT duals. The maximal self-dual theory is Chiral higher-spin gravity, which should be dual to a subsector of Chern-Simons matter theories. As a step toward establishing self-dual holography, we develop the Fefferman-Graham expansion and holographic dictionary for arbitrary spin self-dual theories. As an application, we derive bulk-to-bulk propagators and compute three- and four-point AdS/CFT correlators in a contraction of Chiral higher-spin gravity, which is a higher-spin extension of self-dual Yang-Mills theory.

Source: Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI: 10.1007/jhep10(2026)120

Authors: Evgeny Skvortsov, Richard van Dongen

Institutions: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Mons

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: European Commission, Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

Award: G5233417286