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AdS Virasoro-Shapiro from single-valued periods

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-05-05 v3

Abstract

We determine the full 1/λ1/\sqrt{\lambda} correction to the flat-space Wilson coefficients which enter the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM theory at strong coupling. The assumption that the Wilson coefficients are in the ring of single-valued multiple zeta values, as expected for closed string amplitudes, is surprisingly powerful and leads to a unique solution to the dispersive sum rules relating Wilson coefficients and OPE data obtained in [1]. The corresponding OPE data fully agrees with and extends the results from integrability. The Wilson coefficients to order 1/λ1/\sqrt{\lambda} can be summed into an expression whose structure of poles and residues generalises that of the Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in flat space.

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@article{arxiv.2209.06223,
  title  = {AdS Virasoro-Shapiro from single-valued periods},
  author = {Luis F. Alday and Tobias Hansen and Joao A. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.06223},
  year   = {2023}
}

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37 pages, 1 figure, v2: JHEP version, v3: minor correction

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