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Bootstrability in Defect CFT: Integrated Correlators and Sharper Bounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-06-08 v2

Abstract

We continue to develop Bootstrability -- a method merging Integrability and Conformal Bootstrap to extract CFT data in integrable conformal gauge theories such as N\mathcal{N}=4 SYM. In this paper, we consider the 1D defect CFT defined on a 12\frac{1}{2}-BPS Wilson line in the theory, whose non-perturbative spectrum is governed by the Quantum Spectral Curve (QSC). In addition, we use that the deformed setup of a cusped Wilson line is also controlled by the QSC. In terms of the defect CFT, this translates into two nontrivial relations connecting integrated 4-point correlators to cusp spectral data, such as the Bremsstrahlung and Curvature functions -- known analytically from the QSC. Combining these new constraints and the spectrum of the 1010 lowest-lying states with the Numerical Conformal Bootstrap, we obtain very sharp rigorous numerical bounds for the structure constant of the first non-protected state, giving this observable with seven digits precision for the 't Hooft coupling in the intermediate coupling region λ4π1\frac{\sqrt{\lambda}}{4\pi}\sim 1, with the error decreasing quickly at large 't Hooft coupling. Furthermore, for the same structure constant we obtain a 44-loop analytic result at weak coupling. We also present results for excited states.

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@article{arxiv.2203.09556,
  title  = {Bootstrability in Defect CFT: Integrated Correlators and Sharper Bounds},
  author = {Andrea Cavaglià and Nikolay Gromov and Julius Julius and Michelangelo Preti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.09556},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Appendix F added showing how another integral relation can be used to derive the bps part of the correlator from integrability alone. Ancillary file added with numerical and analytical conformal data. Other minor corrections

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