New recursions for tree-level correlators in (Anti) de Sitter space

TL;DR

This paper introduces a recursive method for calculating tree-level boundary correlators in Anti de Sitter space, simplifying the computation of multiparticle solutions involving scalars, gluons, and gravitons.

Contribution

It presents the first classical multiparticle solutions in AdS space using a recursive approach that generalizes flat space currents to AdS, enabling automated boundary correlator calculations.

Findings

Recursive multiparticle solutions in AdS involving various fields.

A compact, gauge-invariant prescription for boundary correlators.

Automated computation of correlators for any multiplicity.

Abstract

We present for the first time classical multiparticle solutions in Anti de Sitter space (AdS) involving scalars, gluons, and gravitons. They are recursively defined through multiparticle currents which reduce to Berends-Giele currents in the flat space limit. This construction exposes a compact definition of tree-level boundary correlators using a general prescription that removes unphysical boundary contributions. Similarly to the flat space perturbiner, a convenient gauge choice leads to a scalar basis for all degrees of freedom, while the tensor structure is exclusively captured by field theory vertices. This provides a fully automated way to compute AdS boundary correlators to any multiplicity and cosmological wavefunction coefficients after Wick-rotating to de Sitter space.