English

Tachyonic AdS/QCD, Determining the Strong Running Coupling and \beta-function in both UV and IR Regions of AdS Space

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-16 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)-like running coupling, αsAdS(Q2)\alpha_s^{AdS}(Q^{2}), and its associated β\beta-function within a tachyonic Anti-de Sitter (AdS)/QCD framework. The AdS5\text{AdS}_5 bulk geometry is deformed through the introduction of a color dielectric function G(ϕ(z))G(\phi(z)), associated with a tachyon field ϕ(z)\phi(z). This function governs the behavior of αsAdS(Q2)\alpha_s^{AdS}(Q^{2}) across all momentum scales by modifying the AdS background at both small and large values of the holographic coordinate zz.In the ultraviolet (UV) regime (small zz), the deformation is driven by free tachyons and reproduces features consistent with perturbative QCD. In contrast, in the infrared (IR) regime (large zz), tachyon condensation dominates, yielding behavior characteristic of nonperturbative QCD. This construction enables a unified description of the running coupling and its β\beta-function over the full range of momentum transfer Q2Q^2, where Q2Q^2 denotes the space-like momentum scale.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2206.09952,
  title  = {Tachyonic AdS/QCD, Determining the Strong Running Coupling and \beta-function in both UV and IR Regions of AdS Space},
  author = {Adamu Issifu and Elijah A. Abbey and Francisco A. Brito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.09952},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

23 pages and 8 figures (Accepted for publication in Symmetry)