Three-Point Functions and Integrability: Weak/strong coupling match

Mon, 31/10/2011
12:00
Nikolay Gromov (King's College London) String Theory Seminar Add to calendar L3
We compute three-point functions of single trace operators in planar N = 4 SYM. We consider the limit where one of the operators is much smaller than the other two. We find a precise match between weak and strong coupling in the Frolov-Tseytlin classical limit for a very general class of classical solutions. To achieve this match we clarify the issue of back-reaction and identify precisely which three-point functions are captured by a classical computation.