{
  "title": "AdS Scattering, Mellin Methods, and Bulk Locality: structure map",
  "chapter": "AdS Scattering, Mellin Methods, and Bulk Locality",
  "kind": "structure",
  "schematic": true,
  "not_to_scale": true,
  "stages": [
    "CFT and Mellin data",
    "exchange poles and contacts",
    "Regge and gap controls",
    "flat-space scaling limit",
    "bounded locality claim"
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "object": "Mellin pole",
      "required_declaration": "Gamma measure, contour, and normalization",
      "diagnostic": "recover OPE data and residues",
      "licensed_conclusion": "a pole of the declared correlator",
      "unsupported_promotion": "a unique local particle exchange"
    },
    {
      "object": "flat-space limit",
      "required_declaration": "wavepackets and AdS-radius scaling",
      "diagnostic": "unitarity and normalization check",
      "licensed_conclusion": "a limiting scattering distribution",
      "unsupported_promotion": "finite-radius S-matrix equality"
    },
    {
      "object": "bulk locality",
      "required_declaration": "gap, Regge bound, and EFT window",
      "diagnostic": "finite-gap remainder estimate",
      "licensed_conclusion": "approximate locality below the gap",
      "unsupported_promotion": "exact locality at finite gap"
    }
  ],
  "takeaway": "Mellin poles, bounded growth, a large gap, and a controlled flat limit support different parts of a bulk-scattering interpretation."
}