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Quantum Gravity Corrections to Giant Graviton Correlators

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: We compute the leading quantum gravity correction to the correlation function of two maximal giant gravitons and two light supergravitons in the stress tensor multiplet in the supergravity limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory. By viewing the giant gravitons as a zero-dimensional defect, we employ the defect version of the AdS unitarity method to reconstruct the one-loop correction from the known tree-level correlators. We obtain the one-loop result in closed form in both Mellin and position space. We also extract the quantum correction to the anomalous dimension of operators describing a bound state of a giant graviton and a light supergraviton at the leading conformal twist in the defect channel OPE.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2607.25054

Authors: Chen, Junding, Du, Xi-Er, Paul, Hynek, Zhou, Xinan

Institutions: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, KU Leuven, Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, KU Leuven

Awards: G2012042336, The Holographic Universe of String Theory, AdS/CFT beyond the classical supergravity paradigm: Strongly coupled gauge theories and black holes, G5632738296, G6004167217, Holography and Supersymmetric Localization

OpenAlex ID: W7171650211

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