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BPS spectra of $\operatorname{tr}[\Psi^p]$ matrix models for odd $p$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-01 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We compute exact finite-rank BPS generating functions for the fermionic matrix model with single-trace supercharge Qp=tr(Ψp)Q_p=\operatorname{tr}(\Psi^p) at (p,N)=(5,3),(5,4),(5,5),(7,4)(p,N)=(5,3),(5,4),(5,5),(7,4), together with partial data at (7,5)(7,5). In all complete computed cases, the charge-resolved spectrum exhibits an overdetermined factorization -- a power of pp, times an onset monomial xqminx^{q_{\min}}, times (1+x)N(1+x)^N, times a palindromic reduced polynomial -- despite the loss of Casimir solvability at p5p\ge 5. We prove rank palindromicity rR=rN2pRr_R=r_{N^2-p-R} from the exterior top-degree pairing; at (5,5)(5,5), the ten low-charge ranks and the minimal divisibility condition (1+x)R5,5(1+x)\mid\mathcal{R}_{5,5} determine the remaining middle rank, and direct computation confirms the full generating function. For fixed pp, the mod-pp Witten indices give a closed-form index floor; together with the trivial Hilbert-space upper bound, this places any accumulation point of N2logZBPS(p,N)N^{-2}\log Z_{\mathrm{BPS}}^{(p,N)} in the window [log(2cosπ2p),log2][\log(2\cos\frac{\pi}{2p}),\,\log 2]. A rank-projection tower gives rigorous lower bounds on the projection-fortuitous cohomology. In matched N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SYK examples at Nf=16N_f=16, the BPS count saturates the index floor, whereas the single-trace matrix model has nonzero index excess and broader charge support.

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@article{arxiv.2604.27164,
  title  = {BPS spectra of $\operatorname{tr}[\Psi^p]$ matrix models for odd $p$},
  author = {Miguel Tierz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27164},
  year   = {2026}
}

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32 pages, 9 figures