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The planar limit of $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-12 v3

Abstract

We obtain the perturbative expansion of the free energy on S4S^4 for four dimensional Lagrangian N=2{\cal N}=2 superconformal field theories, to all orders in the 't Hooft coupling, in the planar limit. We do so by using supersymmetric localization, after rewriting the 1-loop factor as an effective action involving an infinite number of single and double trace terms. The answer we obtain is purely combinatorial, and involves a sum over tree graphs. We also apply these methods to the perturbative expansion of the free energy at finite NN, and to the computation of the vacuum expectation value of the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop, which in the planar limit involves a sum over rooted tree graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2003.02879,
  title  = {The planar limit of $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories},
  author = {Bartomeu Fiol and Jairo Martínez-Montoya and Alan Rios Fukelman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02879},
  year   = {2024}
}

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35 pages, 4 figures, reference added, published version