Exact Large Charge in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and Semiclassical String Theory
Abstract
In four-dimensional super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group , 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 . The solution, exceptionally simple in an -invariant eigenbasis, is exact in the R-charge , rank , and complexified gauge coupling . This permits a systematic and non-perturbative large charge expansion for any and . Especially novel is a double-scaled "gravity regime" in which , holographically dual to a large charge regime of semiclassical type IIB string theory in AdS S. 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 .
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
31 pages + appendices