Interpolating Bremsstrahlung function in ABJM
Abstract
In ABJM theory, enriched RG flows between circular 1/6 BPS bosonic and 1/2 BPS fermionic Wilson loops have been introduced in arXiv:2211.16501. These flows are triggered by deformations corresponding to parametric 1/6 BPS fermionic loops. In this paper we revisit the study of these operators, but instead of circular contours we consider an interpolating cusped line and a latitude and study their RG flow in perturbation theory. This allows for the definition of a Bremsstrahlung function away from fixed points. We generalize to this case the known cusp/latitude correspondence that relates the Bremsstrahlung function to a latitude Wilson loop. We find that away from the conformal fixed points the ordinary identity is broken by the conformal anomaly in a controlled way. From a defect perspective, the breaking of the correspondence can be traced back to the appearance of an anomalous dimension for fermionic operators localized on the defect. As a by-product, we provide a brand new result for the two-loop cusp anomalous dimension of the 1/6 BPS fermionic and the 1/6 BPS bosonic Wilson lines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2312.13283,
title = {Interpolating Bremsstrahlung function in ABJM},
author = {Luigi Castiglioni and Silvia Penati and Marcia Tenser and Diego Trancanelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.13283},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
27 pages + appendices, 5 figures; v2: some changes, added references, published version