scholarly journals Wilson loops in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SO(N) SYM and D-branes in AdS5 × ℝℙ5

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Giombi ◽  
Bendeguz Offertaler
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Gauge Group ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Spinor Representation ◽  
Classical Action ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Coupling Behavior ◽  
Type Iib String Theory

Abstract We study the half-BPS circular Wilson loop in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills with orthogonal gauge group. By supersymmetric localization, its expectation value can be computed exactly from a matrix integral over the Lie algebra of SO(N). We focus on the large N limit and present some simple quantitative tests of the duality with type IIB string theory in AdS5× ℝℙ5. In particular, we show that the strong coupling limit of the expectation value of the Wilson loop in the spinor representation of the gauge group precisely matches the classical action of the dual string theory object, which is expected to be a D5-brane wrapping a ℝℙ4 subspace of ℝℙ5. We also briefly discuss the large N, large λ limits of the SO(N) Wilson loop in the symmetric/antisymmetric representations and their D3/D5-brane duals. Finally, we use the D5-brane description to extract the leading strong coupling behavior of the “bremsstrahlung function” associated to a spinor probe charge, or equivalently the normalization of the two-point function of the displacement operator on the spinor Wilson loop, and obtain agreement with the localization prediction.

scholarly journals 1/N expansion of circular Wilson loop in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 superconformal SU(N) × SU(N) quiver

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beccaria ◽  
A.A. Tseytlin
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Non Gaussian ◽  
Localization Approach

Abstract Localization approach to $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superconformal SU(N) × SU(N) quiver theory leads to a non-Gaussian two-matrix model representation for the expectation value of BPS circular SU(N) Wilson loop $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W . We study the subleading 1/N2 term in the large N expansion of $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W at weak and strong coupling. We concentrate on the case of the symmetric quiver with equal gauge couplings which is equivalent to the ℤ2 orbifold of the SU(2N) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM theory. This orbifold gauge theory should be dual to type IIB superstring in AdS5 × (S5/ℤ2). We present a string theory argument suggesting that the 1/N2 term in $$ \left\langle \mathcal{W}\right\rangle $$ W in the orbifold theory should have the same strong-coupling asymptotics λ3/2 as in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM case. We support this prediction on the gauge theory side by a numerical study of the localization matrix model. We also find a relation between the 1/N2 term in the Wilson loop expectation value and the derivative of the free energy of the orbifold gauge theory on 4-sphere.

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 topological recursion for Wilson loops in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM at strong coupling

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beccaria ◽  
A. Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Usual Procedure ◽  
Topological Recursion ◽  
Sample Application ◽  
Single Trace ◽  
Genus Expansion

Abstract We consider U(N) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory and discuss how to extract the strong coupling limit of non-planar corrections to observables involving the $$ \frac{1}{2} $$ 1 2 -BPS Wilson loop. Our approach is based on a suitable saddle point treatment of the Eynard-Orantin topological recursion in the Gaussian matrix model. Working directly at strong coupling we avoid the usual procedure of first computing observables at finite planar coupling λ, order by order in 1/N, and then taking the λ ≫ 1 limit. In the proposed approach, matrix model multi-point resolvents take a simplified form and some structures of the genus expansion, hardly visible at low order, may be identified and rigorously proved. As a sample application, we consider the expectation value of multiple coincident circular supersymmetric Wilson loops as well as their correlator with single trace chiral operators. For these quantities we provide novel results about the structure of their genus expansion at large tension, generalising recent results in arXiv:2011.02885.

scholarly journals A REVIEW OF INTEGRABLE DEFORMATIONS IN AdS/CFT

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 915-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN SWANSON
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Bethe Ansatz ◽  
Energy Spectra ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Twisted String ◽  
Pp Wave ◽  
Integrable Deformations ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
Bethe Equations ◽  
Wave Limit

Marginal β deformations of [Formula: see text] super-Yang–Mills theory are known to correspond to a certain class of deformations of the S5 background subspace of type IIB string theory in AdS5×S5. An analogous set of deformations of the AdS5 subspace is reviewed here. String energy spectra computed in the near-pp-wave limit of these backgrounds match predictions encoded by discrete, asymptotic Bethe equations, suggesting that the twisted string theory is classically integrable in this regime. These Bethe equations can be derived algorithmically by relying on the existence of Lax representations, and on the Riemann–Hilbert interpretation of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. This letter is a review of a seminar given at the Institute for Advanced Study, based on research completed in collaboration with McLoughlin.

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.

scholarly journals Finding AdS5 × S5 in 2+1 dimensional SCFT physics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Van Raamsdonk ◽  
Chris Waddell
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Other ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Asymptotic Region ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
The World ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
Dual Geometries

Abstract We study solutions of type IIB string theory dual to $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on half of ℝ3,1 coupled to holographic three-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) at the edge of this half-space. The dual geometries are asymptotically AdS5×S5 with boundary geometry ℝ2,1×ℝ+, with a geometrical end-of-the-world (ETW) brane cutting off the other half of the asymptotic region of the would-be Poincaré AdS5×S5. We show that by choosing the 3D SCFT appropriately, this ETW brane can be pushed arbitrarily far towards the missing asymptotic region, recovering the “missing” half of Poincaré AdS5×S5. We also show that there are 3D SCFTs whose dual includes a wedge of Poincaré AdS5×S5 with an angle arbitrarily close to π, with geometrical ETW branes on either side.

scholarly journals Lattice study of area law for double-winding Wilson loops

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 12010
Author(s):  
Akihiro Shibata ◽  
Seikou Kato ◽  
Kei-Ichi Kondo ◽  
Ryutaro Matsudo
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulations ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Strong Coupling Expansion ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Lattice Monte Carlo ◽  
Area Law

We study the double-winding Wilson loops in the SU(N) Yang-Mills theory on the lattice. We discuss how the area law falloff of the double-winding Wilson loop average is modified by changing the enclosing contours C1 and C2 for various values of the number of color N. By using the strong coupling expansion, we evaluate the double-winding Wilson loop average in the lattice SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. Moreover, we compute the double-winding Wilson loop average by lattice Monte Carlo simulations for SU(2) and SU(3). We further discuss the results from the viewpoint of the Non-Abelian Stokes theorem in the higher representations.

scholarly journals Supersymmetric tools in Yang–Mills theories at strong coupling: The beginning of a long journey

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1830009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Shifman
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Group ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Physical Meaning ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Bulk Formula

Development of holomorphy-based methods in super-Yang–Mills theories started in the early 1980s and lead to a number of breakthrough results. I review some results in which I participated. The discovery of Seiberg’s duality and the Seiberg–Witten solution of [Formula: see text] Yang–Mills were the milestones in the long journey of which, I assume, much will be said in other talks. I will focus on the discovery (2003) of non-Abelian vortex strings with various degrees of supersymmetry, supported in some four-dimensional Yang–Mills theories and some intriguing implications of this discovery. One of the recent results is the observation of a soliton string in the bulk [Formula: see text] theory with the [Formula: see text] gauge group and four flavors, which can become critical in a certain limit. This is the case of a “reverse holography,” with a very transparent physical meaning.

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 $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Super-Yang-Mills correlators at strong coupling from string theory and localization

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Damon J. Binder ◽  
Shai M. Chester ◽  
Silviu S. Pufu ◽  
Yifan Wang
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Yang Mills
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