scholarly journals Maximal U(1)Y-violating n-point correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Green ◽  
Congkao Wen
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Modular Forms ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Recursion Relations ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Energy Expansion

Abstract This paper concerns a special class of n-point correlation functions of operators in the stress tensor supermultiplet of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. These are “maximal U(1)Y-violating” correlators that violate the bonus U(1)Y charge by a maximum of 2(n − 4) units. We will demonstrate that such correlators satisfy SL(2, ℤ)-covariant recursion relations that relate n-point correlators to (n − 1)-point correlators in a manner analogous to the soft dilaton relations that relate the corresponding amplitudes in flat-space type IIB superstring theory. These recursion relations are used to determine terms in the large-N expansion of n-point maximal U(1)Y-violating correlators in the chiral sector, including correlators with four superconformal stress tensor primaries and (n − 4) chiral Lagrangian operators, starting from known properties of the n = 4 case. We concentrate on the first three orders in 1/N beyond the supergravity limit. The Mellin representations of the correlators are polynomials in Mellin variables, which correspond to higher derivative contact terms in the low-energy expansion of type IIB superstring theory in AdS5× S5 at the same orders as R4, d4R4 and d6R4. The coupling constant dependence of these terms is found to be described by non-holomorphic modular forms with holomorphic and anti-holomorphic weights (n − 4, 4 − n) that are SL(2, ℤ)-covariant derivatives of Eisenstein series and certain generalisations. This determines a number of non-leading contributions to U(1)Y-violating n-particle interactions (n > 4) in the low-energy expansion of type IIB superstring amplitudes in AdS5× S5.

scholarly journals Exact expressions for n-point maximal U(1)Y-violating integrated correlators in SU(N) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Dorigoni ◽  
Michael B. Green ◽  
Congkao Wen
Keyword(s):  
Modular Forms ◽  
Free Field ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Lattice ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Infinite Sums

Abstract The exact expressions for integrated maximal U(1)Y violating (MUV) n-point correlators in SU(N) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory are determined. The analysis generalises previous results on the integrated correlator of four superconformal primaries and is based on supersymmetric localisation. The integrated correlators are functions of N and τ = θ/(2π) + 4πi/$$ {g}_{YM}^2 $$ g YM 2 , and are expressed as two-dimensional lattice sums that are modular forms with holomorphic and anti-holomorphic weights (w, −w) where w = n − 4. The correlators satisfy Laplace-difference equations that relate the SU(N+1), SU(N) and SU(N−1) expressions and generalise the equations previously found in the w = 0 case. The correlators can be expressed as infinite sums of Eisenstein modular forms of weight (w, −w). For any fixed value of N the perturbation expansion of this correlator is found to start at order ($$ {g}_{YM}^2 $$ g YM 2 N)w. The contributions of Yang-Mills instantons of charge k > 0 are of the form qkf(gYM), where q = e2πiτ and f(gYM) = O($$ {g}_{YM}^{-2w} $$ g YM − 2 w ) when $$ {g}_{YM}^2 $$ g YM 2 ≪ 1. Anti-instanton contributions have charge k < 0 and are of the form $$ {\overline{q}}^{\left|k\right|}\hat{f}\left({g}_{YM}\right) $$ q ¯ k f ̂ g YM , where $$ \hat{f}\left({g}_{YM}\right)=O\left({g}_{YM}^{2w}\right) $$ f ̂ g YM = O g YM 2 w when $$ {g}_{YM}^2 $$ g YM 2 ≪ 1. Properties of the large-N expansion are in agreement with expectations based on the low energy expansion of flat-space type IIB superstring amplitudes. We also comment on the identification of n-point free-field MUV correlators with the integrands of (n − 4)-loop perturbative contributions to the four-point correlator. In particular, we emphasise the important rôle of SL(2, ℤ)-covariance in the construction.

scholarly journals On genus-one string amplitudes on AdS5 × S5

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. Alday
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Strong Coupling Expansion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Space Limit ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
String Amplitudes ◽  
Genus One

Abstract We study non-planar correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super-Yang-Mills in Mellin space. We focus in the stress tensor four-point correlator to order 1/N4 and in a strong coupling expansion. This can be regarded as the genus-one four-point graviton amplitude of type IIB string theory on AdS5× S5 in a low energy expansion. Both the loop supergravity result as well as the tower of stringy corrections have a remarkable simple structure in Mellin space, making manifest important properties such as the correct flat space limit and the structure of UV divergences.

scholarly journals New modular invariants in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shai M. Chester ◽  
Michael B. Green ◽  
Silviu S. Pufu ◽  
Yifan Wang ◽  
Congkao Wen
Keyword(s):  
Eisenstein Series ◽  
Mass Parameter ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Modular Invariant ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Laplace Eigenvalue ◽  
Modular Invariants ◽  
Tensor Multiplet ◽  
Super Yang Mills Theory

Abstract We study modular invariants arising in the four-point functions of the stress tensor multiplet operators of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SU(N) super-Yang-Mills theory, in the limit where N is taken to be large while the complexified Yang-Mills coupling τ is held fixed. The specific four-point functions we consider are integrated correlators obtained by taking various combinations of four derivatives of the squashed sphere partition function of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2∗ theory with respect to the squashing parameter b and mass parameter m, evaluated at the values b = 1 and m = 0 that correspond to the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 theory on a round sphere. At each order in the 1/N expansion, these fourth derivatives are modular invariant functions of (τ,$$ \overline{\tau} $$ τ ¯ ). We present evidence that at half-integer orders in 1/N , these modular invariants are linear combinations of non-holomorphic Eisenstein series, while at integer orders in 1/N, they are certain “generalized Eisenstein series” which satisfy inhomogeneous Laplace eigenvalue equations on the hyperbolic plane. These results reproduce known features of the low-energy expansion of the four-graviton amplitude in type IIB superstring theory in ten-dimensional flat space and have interesting implications for the structure of the analogous expansion in AdS5× S5.

scholarly journals ON THE CONFORMAL ANOMALY FROM HIGHER DERIVATIVE GRAVITY IN AdS/CFT CORRESPONDENCE

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (03) ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIN'ICHI NOJIRI ◽  
SERGEI D. ODINTSOV
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Einstein Gravity ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Anomaly ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Higher Derivative

We follow Witten's proposal1 in the calculation of conformal anomaly from (d + 1)-dimensional higher derivative gravity via AdS/CFT correspondence. It is assumed that some d-dimensional conformal field theories have a description in terms of above (d + 1)-dimensional higher derivative gravity which includes not only the Einstein term and cosmological constant but also curvature squared terms. The explicit expression for two-dimensional and four-dimensional anomalies is found, it contains higher derivative corrections. In particular, it is shown that not only Einstein gravity but also theory with the Lagrangian L =aR2 + bRμνRμν + Λ (even when a=0 or b=0) is five-dimensional bulk theory for [Formula: see text] super-Yang–Mills theory in AdS/CFT correspondence. Similarly, the d + 1 = 3 theory with (or without) Einstein term may describe d = 2 scalar or spinor CFT's. That gives new versions of bulk side which may be useful in different aspects. As application of our general formalism we find next-to-leading corrections to the conformal anomaly of [Formula: see text] supersymmetric theory from d = 5 AdS higher derivative gravity (low energy string effective action).

scholarly journals Modular invariance in superstring theory from $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 super-Yang-Mills

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shai M. Chester ◽  
Michael B. Green ◽  
Silviu S. Pufu ◽  
Yifan Wang ◽  
Congkao Wen
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Eisenstein Series ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Modular Invariance ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Space Limit

Abstract We study the four-point function of the lowest-lying half-BPS operators in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SU(N) super-Yang-Mills theory and its relation to the flat-space four-graviton amplitude in type IIB superstring theory. We work in a large-N expansion in which the complexified Yang-Mills coupling τ is fixed. In this expansion, non-perturbative instanton contributions are present, and the SL(2, ℤ) duality invariance of correlation functions is manifest. Our results are based on a detailed analysis of the sphere partition function of the mass-deformed SYM theory, which was previously computed using supersymmetric localization. This partition function determines a certain integrated correlator in the undeformed $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM theory, which in turn constrains the four-point correlator at separated points. In a normalization where the two-point functions are proportional to N2− 1 and are independent of τ and $$ \overline{\tau} $$ τ ¯ , we find that the terms of order $$ \sqrt{N} $$ N and $$ 1/\sqrt{N} $$ 1 / N in the large N expansion of the four-point correlator are proportional to the non-holomorphic Eisenstein series $$ E\left(\frac{3}{2},\tau, \overline{\tau}\right) $$ E 3 2 τ τ ¯ and $$ E\left(\frac{5}{2},\tau, \overline{\tau}\right) $$ E 5 2 τ τ ¯ , respectively. In the flat space limit, these terms match the corresponding terms in the type IIB S-matrix arising from R4 and D4R4 contact inter-actions, which, for the R4 case, represents a check of AdS/CFT at finite string coupling. Furthermore, we present striking evidence that these results generalize so that, at order $$ {N}^{\frac{1}{2}-m} $$ N 1 2 − m with integer m ≥ 0, the expansion of the integrated correlator we study is a linear sum of non-holomorphic Eisenstein series with half-integer index, which are manifestly SL(2, ℤ) invariant.

scholarly journals Low energy expansion of the four-particle genus-one amplitude in type II superstring theory

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (02) ◽  
pp. 020-020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B Green ◽  
Jorge G Russo ◽  
Pierre Vanhove
Keyword(s):  
Low Energy ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Genus One ◽  
Energy Expansion

scholarly journals One-loop polarization operator of the quantum gauge superfield for 𝒩 = 1 SYM regularized by higher derivatives

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (36) ◽  
pp. 1750194 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Kazantsev ◽  
M. B. Skoptsov ◽  
K. V. Stepanyantz
Keyword(s):  
Polarization Operator ◽  
Special Choice ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Feynman Gauge ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Loop Approximation ◽  
Higher Derivatives ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Brst Invariance

We consider the general [Formula: see text] supersymmetric gauge theory with matter, regularized by higher covariant derivatives without breaking the BRST invariance, in the massless limit. In the [Formula: see text]-gauge we obtain the (unrenormalized) expression for the two-point Green function of the quantum gauge superfield in the one-loop approximation as a sum of integrals over the loop momentum. The result is presented as a sum of three parts: the first one corresponds to the pure supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory in the Feynman gauge, the second one contains all gauge-dependent terms, and the third one is the contribution of diagrams with a matter loop. For the Feynman gauge and a special choice of the higher derivative regulator in the gauge fixing term, we analytically calculate these integrals in the limit [Formula: see text]. In particular, in addition to the leading logarithmically divergent terms, which are determined by integrals of double total derivatives, we also find the finite constants.

UNIFICATION OF GRAVITY, GAUGE AND HIGGS FIELDS BY CONFINED QUANTUM FIELDS II-EFFECTIVE THEORY

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (10) ◽  
pp. 947-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIKI ISSE
Keyword(s):  
Flat Space ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Quantum Fields ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Free Fields ◽  
Higgs Fields

Dynamics of quantized free fields (of spin 0 and 1/2) contained in a subspace V* of an (N+4)-dimensional flat space V is studied. The space V* is considered as a neighborhood of a four-dimensional submanifold M arbitrarily embedded into V. We show that Einstein SO (N)-Yang-Mills Higgs theory is induced as a low energy effective theory of the system. Gravity, SO (N) gauge fields and Higgs fields are obtained from embedding functions of M.

ON THE QUARTIC HIGHER-DERIVATIVE GRAVITATIONAL TERMS IN THE HETEROTIC SUPERSTRING THEORY

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 373-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. POLLOCK
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Quadratic Term ◽  
Additional Contribution ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Weyl Spinor ◽  
Higher Derivative

The quartic higher-derivative gravitational terms [Formula: see text] in the heterotic-superstring effective Lagrangian [Formula: see text], defined from the Riemann ten-tensor [Formula: see text], are expanded, after reduction to the conformally-flat physical D-space gij, in terms of the Ricci tensor Rij and scalar R. The resulting quadratic term [Formula: see text] is tachyon-free and agrees exactly with the prediction from global supersymmetry in the nonlinear realization of Volkov and Akulov of the flat-space, quadratic fermionic Lagrangian [Formula: see text] for a massless Dirac or Weyl spinor, only when D = 4, assuming the Einstein equation [Formula: see text] for the energy–momentum tensor. This proves that the heterotic superstring has to be reduced from ten to four dimensions if supersymmetry is to be correctly incorporated into the theory, and it rules out the bosonic string and type-II superstring, for which [Formula: see text] has the different a priori forms ±(R2-4RijRij) derived from [Formula: see text], which also contain tachyons (that seem to remain after the inclusion of a further contribution to [Formula: see text] from [Formula: see text]). The curvature of space–time introduces a mass into the Dirac equation, [Formula: see text], while quadratic, higher-derivative terms [Formula: see text] make an additional contribution to the Einstein equations, these two effects causing a difference between [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] on the one hand, and the predictions from [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] on the other. The quartic terms [Formula: see text] still possess some residual symmetry, however, enabling us to estimate the radius-squared of the internal six-dimensional space [Formula: see text] in units of the Regge slope-parameter α′ as B r ≈ 1.75, indicating that compactification occurs essentially at the Planck era, due to quantum mechanical processes, when the action evaluated within the causal horizon is S h ~ 1. This symmetry is also discussed with regard to the zero-action hypothesis. The dimensionality D = 4 of space–time is rederived from the Wheeler–DeWitt equation (Schrödinger equation) of quantum cosmology in the mini-superspace approximation, by demanding invariance and positive-semi-definiteness of the potential [Formula: see text] under Wick rotation of the time coordinate, which also determines the three-space to be flat, so that K = 0, and again involves the nonlinearity of gravitation.

scholarly journals Towards the Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in AdS5×S5

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Abl ◽  
Paul Heslop ◽  
Arthur E. Lipstein
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Tree Level Amplitude ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
Single Trace

Abstract We propose a systematic procedure for obtaining all single trace 1/2-BPS correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills corresponding to the four-point tree-level amplitude for type IIB string theory in AdS5 × S5. The underlying idea is to compute generalised contact Witten diagrams coming from a 10d effective field theory on AdS5 × S5 whose coefficients are fixed by the flat space Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude up to ambiguities related to commutators of the 10d covariant derivatives which require additional information such as localisation. We illustrate this procedure by computing stringy corrections to the supergravity prediction for all single trace 1/2-BPS correlators up to $$ \mathcal{O} $$ O (α′7), and spell out a general algorithm for extending this to any order in α′.

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