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Brezin-Gross-Witten model as "pure gauge" limit of Selberg integrals

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-03-30 v2

Abstract

The AGT relation identifies the Nekrasov functions for various N=2 SUSY gauge theories with the 2d conformal blocks, which possess explicit Dotsenko-Fateev matrix model (beta-ensemble) representations the latter being polylinear combinations of Selberg integrals. The "pure gauge" limit of these matrix models is, however, a non-trivial multiscaling large-N limit, which requires a separate investigation. We show that in this pure gauge limit the Selberg integrals turn into averages in a Brezin-Gross-Witten (BGW) model. Thus, the Nekrasov function for pure SU(2) theory acquires a form very much reminiscent of the AMM decomposition formula for some model X into a pair of the BGW models. At the same time, X, which still has to be found, is the pure gauge limit of the elliptic Selberg integral. Presumably, it is again a BGW model, only in the Dijkgraaf-Vafa double cut phase.

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@article{arxiv.1011.3481,
  title  = {Brezin-Gross-Witten model as "pure gauge" limit of Selberg integrals},
  author = {A. Mironov and A. Morozov and Sh. Shakirov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3481},
  year   = {2011}
}

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21 pages