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Exact Large Charge in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and Semiclassical String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-24 v1

Abstract

In four-dimensional N=4\mathcal{N}=4 super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group SU(N)SU(N), we present a closed-form solution for a family of integrated four-point functions involving stress tensor multiplet composites of arbitrary R-charge. These integrated correlators are shown to be equivalent to a one-dimensional semi-infinite lattice of harmonic oscillators with nearest-neighbor interactions, evolving over the fundamental domain of SL(2,Z)SL(2,\mathbb{Z}). The solution, exceptionally simple in an SL(2,Z)SL(2,\mathbb{Z})-invariant eigenbasis, is exact in the R-charge pp, rank NN, and complexified gauge coupling τ\tau. This permits a systematic and non-perturbative large charge expansion for any NN and τ\tau. Especially novel is a double-scaled "gravity regime" in which pN21p \sim N^2 \gg 1, holographically dual to a large charge regime of semiclassical type IIB string theory in AdS5×_5\, \times S5^5. Our results in this limit provide a holographic computation of integrated semiclassical string amplitudes at arbitrary string coupling, including an emergent string scale with a large charge dressing factor. We compare to extremal correlators in superconformal QCD, for which we predict new genus expansions at large charge scaling with NN.

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@article{arxiv.2303.13207,
  title  = {Exact Large Charge in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and Semiclassical String Theory},
  author = {Hynek Paul and Eric Perlmutter and Himanshu Raj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13207},
  year   = {2023}
}

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31 pages + appendices

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