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Anomalous dimension of transverse momentum broadening in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-01-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The typical transverse momentum Qs(t)Q_s(t) (or "saturation" momentum) acquired by a hard particle propagating through a N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM plasma increases over time like tγt^\gamma, with an anomalous exponent γ>1/2\gamma>1/2 characteristic of super-diffusion. This anomalous exponent is a function of the 't Hooft coupling λ=g2Nc\lambda=g^2N_c. Recently, a method has been proposed to systematically compute the perturbative series of γ(λ)\gamma(\lambda) at weak coupling. This method relies on the traveling wave interpretation of the time evolution of Qs(t)Q_s(t) and on the dominance of soft-collinear radiative corrections at large times. In this paper, we compute γ(λ)\gamma(\lambda) up to O(λ2)\mathcal{O}(\lambda^{2}) using the double logarithmic behaviour of the BFKL equation in planar N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM at three loops. This calculation allows us to discuss the transition towards the strong coupling regime where AdS/CFT calculations predict γ1\gamma\to 1.

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@article{arxiv.2211.11007,
  title  = {Anomalous dimension of transverse momentum broadening in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM},
  author = {Paul Caucal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.11007},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, contribution to the proceedings of the "XVth International Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum"