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Energy correlators in warped geometries

Lorenzo Ricci and Raman Sundrum

  • Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 036010 – Published 10 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/2fq2-chg1

Abstract

We study energy correlators as probes of strongly coupled nearly conformal field theories within their holographically dual descriptions, focusing on the important features that appear in realistic theories going beyond the standard model. In particular, we study warped geometries which asymptote to AdS5, as well as IR-truncations dual to a 4D gap. Our correlators are computed by in-in type Witten perturbative diagrams, corresponding to a large-N expansion of the strong dynamics. We describe how this sets the stage for phenomenological applications for collider searches beyond the standard model as well as for new theoretical explorations in Lorentzian holography.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 036010– Published 10 August, 2026
  • Received 27 April 2026
  • Accepted 13 July 2026
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