Non-planar corrections in orbifold/orientifold $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal theories from localization

Autor: Beccaria, M., Korchemsky, G., Tseytlin, A.
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681 (IPHT), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES), IHES
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023, 05, pp.165. ⟨10.1007/JHEP05(2023)165⟩
ISSN: 1126-6708
1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2023)165⟩
Popis: We study non-planar corrections in two special $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal $SU(N)$ gauge theories that are planar-equivalent to $\mathcal N=4$ SYM theory: two-nodes quiver model with equal couplings and $\mathcal N=2$ vector multiplet coupled to two hypermultiplets in rank-2 symmetric and antisymmetric representations. We focus on two observables in these theories that admit representation in terms of localization matrix model: free energy on 4-sphere and the expectation value of half-BPS circular Wilson loop. We extend the methods developed in arXiv:2207.11475 to derive a systematical expansion of non-planar corrections to these observables at strong 't Hooft coupling constant $\lambda$. We show that the leading non planar corrections are given by a power series in $\lambda^{3/2}/N^2$ with rational coefficients. Sending $N$ and the coupling constant $\lambda$ to infinity with $\lambda^{3/2}/N^2$ kept fixed corresponds to the familiar double scaling limit in matrix models. We find that in this limit the observables in the two models are related in a remarkably simple way: the free energies differ by the factor of $2$, whereas the Wilson loop expectation values coincide. Surprisingly, these relations hold only at strong coupling, they are not valid in the weak coupling regime. We also discuss a dual string theory interpretation of the leading corrections to the free energy in the double scaling limit suggesting their relation to curvature corrections in type IIB string effective action.
Comment: 54 pages. v2: minor clarifications
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