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One-point Functions in Defect CFT and Integrability

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-09-30 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We calculate planar tree level one-point functions of non-protected operators in the defect conformal field theory dual to the D3-D5 brane system with k units of the world volume flux. Working in the operator basis of Bethe eigenstates of the Heisenberg XXX_{1/2} spin chain we express the one-point functions as overlaps of these eigenstates with a matrix product state. For k=2 we obtain a closed expression of determinant form for any number of excitations, and in the case of half-filling we find a relation with the N\'eel state. In addition, we present a number of results for the limiting case of infinite k.

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@article{arxiv.1506.06958,
  title  = {One-point Functions in Defect CFT and Integrability},
  author = {Marius de Leeuw and Charlotte Kristjansen and Konstantin Zarembo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.06958},
  year   = {2015}
}

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31 pages, 3 figures; v2: references added

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