scholarly journals Strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma on the Coulomb branch. I. Thermodynamics

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiminad A. Mamo
Keyword(s):  
Coulomb Branch ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills

scholarly journals Holographic entanglement entropy of the Coulomb branch

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Chalabi ◽  
S. Prem Kumar ◽  
Andy O’Bannon ◽  
Anton Pribytok ◽  
Ronnie Rodgers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
W Boson ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Physical Principle ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Extremal Black Hole ◽  
Energy Tensor ◽  
Large Radius ◽  
Coulomb Branch ◽  
Yang Mills

Abstract We compute entanglement entropy (EE) of a spherical region in (3 + 1)-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric SU(N) Yang-Mills theory in states described holographically by probe D3-branes in AdS5 × S5. We do so by generalising methods for computing EE from a probe brane action without having to determine the probe’s backreaction. On the Coulomb branch with SU(N) broken to SU(N − 1) × U(1), we find the EE monotonically decreases as the sphere’s radius increases, consistent with the a-theorem. The EE of a symmetric-representation Wilson line screened in SU(N − 1) also monotonically decreases, although no known physical principle requires this. A spherical soliton separating SU(N) inside from SU(N − 1) × U(1) outside had been proposed to model an extremal black hole. However, we find the EE of a sphere at the soliton’s radius does not scale with the surface area. For both the screened Wilson line and soliton, the EE at large radius is described by a position-dependent W-boson mass as a short-distance cutoff. Our holographic results for EE and one-point functions of the Lagrangian and stress-energy tensor show that at large distance the soliton looks like a Wilson line in a direct product of fundamental representations.

scholarly journals Higgsing towards E-strings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joonho Kim ◽  
Seok Kim ◽  
Kimyeong Lee
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
The Self ◽  
Flavor Symmetry ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Elliptic Genera ◽  
Linear Sigma Models

Abstract We explore 6d (1, 0) superconformal field theories with SU(3) and SU(2) gauge symmetries which cascade after Higgsing to the E-string theory on a single M5 near an E8 wall. Specifically, we study the 2d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (0, 4) gauge theories which describe self-dual strings of these 6d theories. The self-dual strings can be also viewed as instanton string solitons of 6d Yang-Mills theories. We find the 2d anomaly-free gauge theories for self-dual strings, amending the naive ADHM gauge theories which are anomalous, and calculate their elliptic genera. While these 2d theories respect the flavor symmetry of each 6d SCFT only partially, their elliptic genera manifest the symmetry fully as these functions as BPS index are invariant in strongly coupled IR limit. Our consistent 2d (0, 4) gauge theories also provide new insights on the non-linear sigma models for the instanton strings, providing novel UV completions of the small instanton singularities. Finally, we construct new 2d quiver gauge theories for the self-dual strings in 6d E-string theory for multiple M5-branes probing the E8 wall, and find their fully refined elliptic genera.

scholarly journals Diluted mass gap in strongly coupled non-local Yang-Mills

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Frasca ◽  
Anish Ghoshal
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Local Theory ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Mass Gap ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Non Locality

Abstract We investigate the non-perturbative regimes in the class of non-Abelian theories that have been proposed as an ultraviolet completion of 4-D Quantum Field Theory (QFT) generalizing the kinetic energy operators to an infinite series of higher-order derivatives inspired by string field theory. We prove that, at the non-perturbative level, the physical spectrum of the theory is actually corrected by the “infinite number of derivatives” present in the action. We derive a set of Dyson-Schwinger equations in differential form, for correlation functions till two-points, the solution for which are known in the local theory. We obtain that just like in the local theory, the non-local counterpart displays a mass gap, depending also on the mass scale of non-locality, and show that it is damped in the deep UV asymptotically. We point out some possible implications of our result in particle physics and cosmology and discuss aspects of non-local QCD-like scenarios.

scholarly journals Evidence for weak-coupling holography from the gauge/gravity correspondence for Dp-branes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Sekino
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Free Field ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Spatial Direction ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Brane Solution ◽  
Gauge Gravity

Abstract Gauge/gravity correspondence is regarded as a powerful tool for the study of strongly coupled quantum systems, but its proof is not available. An unresolved issue that should be closely related to the proof is what kind of correspondence exists, if any, when gauge theory is weakly coupled. We report progress about this limit for the case associated with D$p$-branes ($0\le p\le 4$), namely, the duality between the $(p+1)$D maximally supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and superstring theory on the near-horizon limit of the D$p$-brane solution. It has been suggested by supergravity analysis that the two-point functions of certain operators in gauge theory obey a power law with the power different from the free-field value for $p\neq 3$. In this work, we show for the first time that the free-field result can be reproduced by superstring theory on the strongly curved background. The operator that we consider is of the form ${\rm Tr}(Z^J)$, where $Z$ is a complex combination of two scalar fields. We assume that the corresponding string has the worldsheet spatial direction discretized into $J$ bits, and use the fact that these bits become non-interacting when ’t Hooft coupling is zero.

scholarly journals BICEP2 constrains composite inflation

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phongpichit Channuie
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Index ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Inflationary Model ◽  
Composite State ◽  
Planck Data ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Composite Models ◽  
Single Field ◽  
Inflationary Models

In light of BICEP2, we re-examine single field inflationary models in which the inflation is a composite state stemming from various four-dimensional strongly coupled theories. We study in the Einstein frame a set of cosmological parameters, the primordial spectral index ns and tensor-to-scalar ratio r, predicted by such models. We confront the predicted results with the joint Planck data, and with the recent BICEP2 data. We constrain the number of e-foldings for composite models of inflation in order to obtain a successful inflation. We find that the minimal composite inflationary model is fully consistent with the Planck data. However it is in tension with the recent BICEP2 data. The observables predicted by the glueball inflationary model can be consistent with both Planck and BICEP2 contours if a suitable number of e-foldings are chosen. Surprisingly, the super Yang–Mills inflationary prediction is significantly consistent with the Planck and BICEP2 observations.

scholarly journals SUPERSYMMETRIC YANG–MILLS THEORIES WITH EXACT SUPERSYMMETRY ON THE LATTICE

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (30n31) ◽  
pp. 5057-5132 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANOSH JOSEPH
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Topological Field Theory ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Dimensional Lattice ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Gravitational Theories ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Perturbative Renormalization ◽  
The One

Inspired by the ideas from topological field theory it is possible to rewrite the supersymmetric charges of certain classes of extended supersymmetric Yang–Mills (SYM) theories in such a way that they are compatible with the discretization on a Euclidean space–time lattice. Such theories are known as maximally twisted SYM theories. In this review we discuss the construction and some applications of such classes of theories. The one-loop perturbative renormalization of the four-dimensional lattice [Formula: see text] SYM is discussed in particular. The lattice theories constructed using twisted approach play an important role in investigating the thermal phases of strongly coupled SYM theories and also the thermodynamic properties of their dual gravitational theories.

scholarly journals DYSON–SCHWINGER APPROACH TO STRONGLY COUPLED THEORIES

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (09) ◽  
pp. 1330006 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARINA POPOVICI
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature Superconductivity ◽  
Landau Gauge ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Heavy Quark Limit ◽  
Many Body Systems ◽  
Energy Quantum ◽  
Experimental Findings

Although non-perturbative functional methods are often associated with low energy Quantum Chromodynamics, contemporary studies indicate that they provide reliable tools to characterize a much wider spectrum of strongly interacting many-body systems. In this paper, we aim to provide a modest overview on a few notable applications of Dyson–Schwinger equations to QCD and condensed matter physics. After a short introduction, we lay out some formal considerations and proceed by addressing the confinement problem. We discuss in some detail the heavy quark limit of Coulomb gauge QCD, in particular the simple connection between the non-perturbative Green's functions of Yang–Mills theory and the confinement potential. Landau gauge results on the infrared Yang–Mills propagators are also briefly reviewed. We then focus on less common applications, in graphene and high-temperature superconductivity. We discuss recent developments, and present theoretical predictions that are supported by experimental findings.

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