Exact results for duality-covariant integrated correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM with general classical gauge groups
Abstract
We present exact expressions for certain integrated correlators of four superconformal primary operators in the stress tensor multiplet of supersymmetric Yang--Mills (SYM) theory with classical gauge group, , , . These integrated correlators are expressed as two-dimensional lattice sums by considering derivatives of the localised partition functions, generalising the expression obtained for in our previous works. These expressions are manifestly covariant under Goddard-Nuyts-Olive duality. The integrated correlators can also be formally written as infinite sums of non-holomorphic Eisenstein series with integer indices and rational coefficients. Furthermore, the action of the hyperbolic Laplace operator with respect to the complex coupling on any integrated correlator for gauge group relates it to a linear combination of correlators with gauge groups , and . These "Laplace-difference equation" determine the expressions of integrated correlators for all classical gauge groups for any value of in terms of the correlator for the gauge group . The perturbation expansions of these integrated correlators for any finite value of agree with properties obtained from perturbative Yang--Mills quantum field theory, together with various multi-instanton calculations which are also shown to agree with those determined by supersymmetric localisation. The coefficients of terms in the large- expansion are sums of non-holomorphic Eisenstein series with half-integer indices, which extend recent results and make contact with low order terms in the low energy expansion of type IIB superstring theory in an background.
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@article{arxiv.2202.05784,
title = {Exact results for duality-covariant integrated correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM with general classical gauge groups},
author = {Daniele Dorigoni and Michael B. Green and Congkao Wen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.05784},
year = {2022}
}
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38 pages, v2: minor changes, version accepted for publication in SciPost