The boundary S-matrix and the AdS to CFT dictionary

Abstract

An S-matrix analog is defined for anti-de Sitter space by constructing ``in'' and ``out'' states that asymptote to the timelike boundary. A derivation parallel to that of the LSZ formula shows that this ``boundary S-matrix'' is given directly by correlation functions in the boundary conformal theory. This provides a key entry in the AdS to CFT dictionary.

9 pages, harvmac. Very minor corrections and wording changes; final version to appear in PRL

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