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Double-Trace Deformations, Mixed Boundary Conditions and Functional Determinants in AdS/CFT

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(Nov 9, 2007)

Abstract

According to the AdS/CFT dictionary, perturbing the large N boundary theory by a relevant double-trace deformation of the form f O^2 corresponds in the bulk to imposing ``mixed'' boundary conditions for the field dual to O. In this note we address various aspects of this correspondence. The change c\_UV - c\_IR of the central charge between the UV ad IR fixed points is known from explicit calculations (<a href="/abs/hep-th/0210093">hep-th/0210093</a>, <a href="/abs/hep-th/0212138">hep-th/0212138</a>) to be exactly the same in the bulk and in the boundary theories. By comparing the appropriate bulk and boundary functional determinants, we give a simple ``kinematic'' explanation for this universal agreement. We also clarify the prescription for computing AdS/CFT correlators with Delta\_- boundary conditions.

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