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Modular invariant gluon-graviton scattering in AdS at one loop

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-05-13 v2

Abstract

We consider mixed gluon-graviton scattering in Type IIB string theory on AdS5×S5/Z2_5\times S^5/\mathbb{Z}_2 in the presence of D7 branes, which is dual to a mixed correlator of the SO(8)SO(8) and SU(2)LSU(2)_L flavor multiplets of a certain 4d N=2\mathcal{N}=2 USp(2N)USp(2N) gauge theory with complexified coupling τ\tau. We compute this holographic correlator in the large NN and finite τ\tau expansion using constraints from derivatives of the mass deformed sphere free energy, which we compute using supersymmetric localization at large NN and finite τ\tau in terms of modular invariant non-holomorphic Eisenstein series. In particular, we combine this constraint with the known flat space limit to fix the R2F2R^2F^2 higher derivative correction to the correlator in terms of the weight one non-holomorphic Eisenstein series, and also to fix the logarithmic threshold. We also compute the one-loop correction to the correlator, and match it to the expected flat space limit result.

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@article{arxiv.2504.10319,
  title  = {Modular invariant gluon-graviton scattering in AdS at one loop},
  author = {Shai M. Chester and Pietro Ferrero and Daniele R. Pavarini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10319},
  year   = {2025}
}

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56 pages, 1 figure

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