Asymptotic counting of BPS operators in superconformal field theories
Abstract
We consider some aspects of counting BPS operators which are annihilated by two supercharges, in superconformal field theories. For non-zero coupling, the corresponding multi-variable partition functions can be written in terms of generating functions for vector partitions or their weighted generalisations. We derive asymptotics for the density of states for a wide class of such multi-variable partition functions. We also point out a particular factorisation property of the finite N partition functions. Finally, we discuss the concept of a limit curve arising from the large N partition functions, which is related to the notion of a typical state and discuss some implications for the holographic duals.
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@article{arxiv.0802.3015,
title = {Asymptotic counting of BPS operators in superconformal field theories},
author = {James Lucietti and Mukund Rangamani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.3015},
year = {2008}
}
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