Finite-N operator algebras and the Hilbert space of bilocal holography
A bstract We give an operator-algebraic and representation-theoretic description of the Hilbert spaces of finite- N bilocal holography. This work is a sequel to the finite- N Hilbert space construction of arXiv:2602.20788 . The central result is the establishment of an invariant dual-pair operator algebra: before imposing the singlet constraint the Fock space carries commuting actions of the color group and of a bilocal Lie algebra, while the projection to the singlet sector selects a single irreducible representation of the invariant Lie algebra, which we call a master algebra . The finite- N reduction has complementary operator-algebraic and invariant-theory manifestations: quadratic identities characterize the selected representation, while the familiar trace relations appear as null-state identities within that representation. We summarize the orthogonal, symplectic and unitary cases, identify the corresponding finite- N constraints, compute the singlet Casimirs, and explain how finite traces and partition functions are obtained through characters of the resulting irreducible representations. This provides a novel, previously unknown mathematical description of the singlet space.
Authors
- Antal Jevicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-4515)
- Junggi Yoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-3216)
- Byoungjoon Ahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2814-2855)
- Robert de Mello Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-6242)
- Vatsal Garg
Institutions
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Brown University (US)
- Huzhou Normal University (CN)
- Kyung Hee University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2026-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11(2026)077
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.87
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Huzhou University
- National Research Foundation
- Kyung Hee University
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea