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Scaling function in AdS/CFT from the O(6) sigma model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-02-02 v1

Abstract

Asymptotic behavior of the anomalous dimensions of Wilson operators with high spin and twist is governed in planar N=4 SYM theory by the scaling function which coincides at strong coupling with the energy density of a two-dimensional bosonic O(6) sigma model. We calculate this function by combining the two-loop correction to the energy density for the O(n) model with two-loop correction to the mass gap determined by the all-loop Bethe ansatz in N=4 SYM theory. The result is in agreement with the prediction coming from the thermodynamical limit of the quantum string Bethe ansatz equations, but disagrees with the two-loop stringy corrections to the folded spinning string solution.

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@article{arxiv.0809.4952,
  title  = {Scaling function in AdS/CFT from the O(6) sigma model},
  author = {Z. Bajnok and J. Balog and B. Basso and G. P. Korchemsky and L. Palla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4952},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages, 2 figures

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