scholarly journals Higher order RG flow on the Wilson line in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beccaria ◽  
S. Giombi ◽  
A. A. Tseytlin
Keyword(s):  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Anomalous Dimension ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Beta Function ◽  
Scalar Coupling ◽  
Model Approximation ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Ladder Graphs

Abstract Extending earlier work, we find the two-loop term in the beta-function for the scalar coupling ζ in a generalized Wilson loop operator of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM theory, working in the planar weak-coupling expansion. The beta-function for ζ has fixed points at ζ = ±1 and ζ = 0, corresponding respectively to the supersymmetric Wilson-Maldacena loop and to the standard Wilson loop without scalar coupling. As a consequence of our result for the beta-function, we obtain a prediction for the two-loop term in the anomalous dimension of the scalar field inserted on the standard Wilson loop. We also find a subset of higher-loop contributions (with highest powers of ζ at each order in ‘t Hooft coupling λ) coming from the scalar ladder graphs determining the corresponding terms in the five-loop beta-function. We discuss the related structure of the circular Wilson loop expectation value commenting, in particular, on consistency with a 1d defect version of the F-theorem. We also compute (to two loops in the planar ladder model approximation) the two-point correlators of scalars inserted on the Wilson line.

scholarly journals BPS Wilson loop in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 superconformal SU(N) “orientifold” gauge theory and weak-strong coupling interpolation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beccaria ◽  
G. V. Dunne ◽  
A. A. Tseytlin
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Vector Multiplet ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Rank 2 ◽  
Analytic Derivation

Abstract We consider the expectation value $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W of the circular BPS Wilson loop in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superconformal SU(N) gauge theory containing a vector multiplet coupled to two hypermultiplets in rank-2 symmetric and antisymmetric representations. This theory admits a regular large N expansion, is planar-equivalent to $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM theory and is expected to be dual to a certain orbifold/orientifold projection of AdS5× S5 superstring theory. On the string theory side $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W is represented by the path integral expanded near the same AdS2 minimal surface as in the maximally supersymmetric case. Following the string theory argument in [5], we suggest that as in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM case and in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 SU(N) × SU(N) superconformal quiver theory discussed in [19], the coefficient of the leading non-planar 1/N2 correction in $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W should have the universal λ3/2 scaling at large ’t Hooft coupling. We confirm this prediction by starting with the localization matrix model representation for $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W . We complement the analytic derivation of the λ3/2 scaling by a numerical high-precision resummation and extrapolation of the weak-coupling expansion using conformal mapping improved Padé analysis.

scholarly journals Exact 1/N expansion of Wilson loop correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Mück
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Model Solution ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Combinatorial Formula ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Super Yang Mills Theory

Abstract Supersymmetric circular Wilson loops in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory are discussed starting from their Gaussian matrix model representations. Previous results on the generating functions of Wilson loops are reviewed and extended to the more general case of two different loop contours, which is needed to discuss coincident loops with opposite orientations. A combinatorial formula representing the connected correlators of multiply wound Wilson loops in terms of the matrix model solution is derived. Two new results are obtained on the expectation value of the circular Wilson loop, the expansion of which into a series in 1/N and to all orders in the ’t Hooft coupling λ was derived by Drukker and Gross about twenty years ago. The connected correlators of two multiply wound Wilson loops with arbitrary winding numbers are calculated as a series in 1/N. The coefficient functions are derived not only as power series in λ, but also to all orders in λ by expressing them in terms of the coefficients of the Drukker and Gross series. This provides an efficient way to calculate the 1/N series, which can probably be generalized to higher-point correlators.

scholarly journals On three-point functions in ABJM and the latitude Wilson loop

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco S. Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Group ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Structure Constant ◽  
Loop Order ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
The Matrix

Abstract I consider three-point functions of twist-one operators in ABJM at weak coupling. I compute the structure constant of correlators involving one twist-one un-protected operator and two protected ones for a few finite values of the spin, up to two-loop order. As an application I enforce a limit on the gauge group ranks, in which I relate the structure constant for three chiral primary operators to the expectation value of a supersymmetric Wilson loop. Such a relation is then used to perform a successful five-loop test on the matrix model conjectured to describe the supersymmetric Wilson loop.

scholarly journals WAVY WILSON LINE AND AdS/CFT

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 2833-2846 ◽  
Author(s):  
GORDON W. SEMENOFF ◽  
DONOVAN YOUNG
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Small Deviations ◽  
Loop Equation ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Wavy Line

Wilson loops which are small deviations from straight, infinite lines, called wavy lines, are considered in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. A single wavy line and the connected correlation function of a straight and wavy line are considered. It is argued that, to leading order in "waviness," the functional form of the loop is universal and the coefficient, which is a function of the 't Hooft coupling, is found in weak coupling perturbation theory and the strong coupling limit using the AdS/CFT correspondence. Supersymmetric arguments are used to simplify the computation and to show that the straight line obeys the Migdal–Makeenko loop equation.

scholarly journals Cwebs beyond three loops in multiparton amplitudes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelima Agarwal ◽  
Lorenzo Magnea ◽  
Sourav Pal ◽  
Anurag Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Anomalous Dimension ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Feynman Diagrams ◽  
Loop Order ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Sum Rule ◽  
Combinatorial Properties ◽  
Low Dimensional

Abstract Correlators of Wilson-line operators in non-abelian gauge theories are known to exponentiate, and their logarithms can be organised in terms of collections of Feynman diagrams called webs. In [1] we introduced the concept of Cweb, or correlator web, which is a set of skeleton diagrams built with connected gluon correlators, and we computed the mixing matrices for all Cwebs connecting four or five Wilson lines at four loops. Here we complete the evaluation of four-loop mixing matrices, presenting the results for all Cwebs connecting two and three Wilson lines. We observe that the conjuctured column sum rule is obeyed by all the mixing matrices that appear at four-loops. We also show how low-dimensional mixing matrices can be uniquely determined from their known combinatorial properties, and provide some all-order results for selected classes of mixing matrices. Our results complete the required colour building blocks for the calculation of the soft anomalous dimension matrix at four-loop order.

scholarly journals Entanglement entropy for $$ \mathrm{T}\overline{\mathrm{T}} $$, $$ \mathrm{J}\overline{\mathrm{T}} $$, $$ \mathrm{T}\overline{\mathrm{J}} $$ deformed holographic CFT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumangsu Chakraborty ◽  
Akikazu Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Space ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Geodesic Equation ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Theoretic Analysis ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Spatial Coordinates ◽  
Single Trace

Abstract We derive the geodesic equation for determining the Ryu-Takayanagi surface in AdS3 deformed by single trace $$ \mu T\overline{T} $$ μT T ¯ + $$ {\varepsilon}_{+}J\overline{T} $$ ε + J T ¯ + $$ {\varepsilon}_{-}T\overline{J} $$ ε − T J ¯ deformation for generic values of (μ, ε+, ε−) for which the background is free of singularities. For generic values of ε±, Lorentz invariance is broken, and the Ryu-Takayanagi surface embeds non-trivially in time as well as spatial coordinates. We solve the geodesic equation and characterize the UV and IR behavior of the entanglement entropy and the Casini-Huerta c-function. We comment on various features of these observables in the (μ, ε+, ε−) parameter space. We discuss the matching at leading order in small (μ, ε+, ε−) expansion of the entanglement entropy between the single trace deformed holographic system and a class of double trace deformed theories where a strictly field theoretic analysis is possible. We also comment on expectation value of a large rectangular Wilson loop-like observable.

scholarly journals Scrambling in Yang-Mills

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert de Mello Koch ◽  
Eunice Gandote ◽  
Augustine Larweh Mahu
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Dilatation Operator ◽  
Super Yang Mills Theory

Abstract Acting on operators with a bare dimension ∆ ∼ N2 the dilatation operator of U(N) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory defines a 2-local Hamiltonian acting on a graph. Degrees of freedom are associated with the vertices of the graph while edges correspond to terms in the Hamiltonian. The graph has p ∼ N vertices. Using this Hamiltonian, we study scrambling and equilibration in the large N Yang-Mills theory. We characterize the typical graph and thus the typical Hamiltonian. For the typical graph, the dynamics leads to scrambling in a time consistent with the fast scrambling conjecture. Further, the system exhibits a notion of equilibration with a relaxation time, at weak coupling, given by t ∼ $$ \frac{\rho }{\lambda } $$ ρ λ with λ the ’t Hooft coupling.

scholarly journals Wilson loop algebras and quantum K-theory for Grassmannians

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Jockers ◽  
Peter Mayr ◽  
Urmi Ninad ◽  
Alexander Tabler
Keyword(s):  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Quantum Cohomology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Loop Algebra ◽  
Loop Algebras ◽  
Verlinde Algebra ◽  
K Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We study the algebra of Wilson line operators in three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 supersymmetric U(M ) gauge theories with a Higgs phase related to a complex Grassmannian Gr(M, N ), and its connection to K-theoretic Gromov-Witten invariants for Gr(M, N ). For different Chern-Simons levels, the Wilson loop algebra realizes either the quantum cohomology of Gr(M, N ), isomorphic to the Verlinde algebra for U(M ), or the quantum K-theoretic ring of Schubert structure sheaves studied by mathematicians, or closely related algebras.

CONFINEMENT OF QUARKS AND GLUONS

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (21) ◽  
pp. 3799-3819 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUHIKO NISHIJIMA
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chromodynamics ◽  
Spectral Function ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Anomalous Dimension ◽  
Weak Coupling Limit ◽  
Superconvergence Relation

It is proved without recourse to any approximation that quarks and gluons are confined simultaneously when the anomalous dimension of the gluon field is negative in the weak coupling limit. The proof is based on the BRS invariance of quantum chromodynamics and the Oehme–Zimmermann superconvergence relation for the spectral function of the gluon field.

NULL ZIG-ZAG WILSON LOOPS IN $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (08) ◽  
pp. 627-639
Author(s):  
ZHIFENG XIE
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Finite Part ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Circular Shape ◽  
The One ◽  
Arbitrary Shapes

In planar [Formula: see text] supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory we have studied one kind of (locally) BPS Wilson loops composed of a large number of light-like segments, i.e. null zig-zags. These contours oscillate around smooth underlying spacelike paths. At one-loop in perturbation theory, we have compared the finite part of the expectation value of null zig-zags to the finite part of the expectation value of non-scalar-coupled Wilson loops whose contours are the underlying smooth spacelike paths. In arXiv:0710.1060 [hep-th] it was argued that these quantities are equal for the case of a rectangular Wilson loop. Here we present a modest extension of this result to zig-zags of circular shape and zig-zags following non-parallel, disconnected line segments and show analytically that the one-loop finite part is indeed that given by the smooth spacelike Wilson loop without coupling to scalars which the zig-zag contour approximates. We make some comments regarding the generalization to arbitrary shapes.

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