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Large-Spin Expansions of GKP Strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-05-27 v3

Abstract

We demonstrate that the large-spin expansion of the energy of Gubser-Klebanov-Polyakov (GKP) strings that rotate in RxS2 and AdS3 can be expressed in terms of Lambert's W-function. We compute the leading, subleading and next-to-subleading series of exponential corrections to the infinite-volume dispersion relation of GKP strings that rotate in RxS2. These strings are dual to certain long operators of N=4 SYM theory and provide their scaling dimensions at strong coupling. We also show that the strings obey a short-long (strings) duality. For the folded GKP strings that spin inside AdS3 and are dual to twist-2 operators, we confirm the known formulas for the leading and next-to-leading coefficients of their anomalous dimensions and derive the corresponding expressions for the next-to-next-to-leading coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.1311.5800,
  title  = {Large-Spin Expansions of GKP Strings},
  author = {Emmanuel Floratos and George Georgiou and Georgios Linardopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5800},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

46 pages, 8 figures; Matches published version; Contains equation (7.3) that gives the finite-size corrections to the dispersion relation of giant magnons at strong coupling

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