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Interpolating Bremsstrahlung function in ABJM

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-09-04 v2

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

R2 v1 2026-06-28T13:57:55.149Z