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Semiclassical folded string in AdS4 X CP3

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-04 v3

Abstract

We consider type IIA superstring theory on the background AdS4 x CP3, and the classical solution describing a folded string spinning in AdS4 with angular momentum in CP3. In the 't Hooft limit, it is the gravity dual of twist operators in the ABJM superconformal theory. We quantize the classical solution by algebraic curve methods and determine the first semiclassical correction to the energy. We provide an integral representation for this quantity valid for all values of the charges. We analyze its properties in the special regimes associated with a short or long string providing various accurate analytical expansions. Finally, we investigate various properties of the so-called slope, the leading term of the energy for short strings, collecting information that could be useful in attempts to generalize the exact results recently proposed for the folded string in AdS5 x S5.

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@article{arxiv.1203.3852,
  title  = {Semiclassical folded string in AdS4 X CP3},
  author = {Matteo Beccaria and Guido Macorini and CarloAlberto Ratti and Saulius Valatka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3852},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

23 pages, 1 pdf figure, JHEP style, typo corrected

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