The planar limit of N=2 superconformal field theories

We obtain the perturbative expansion of the free energy on S4 for four dimensional Lagrangian N = 2 superconformal field theories, to all orders in the 't Hooft coupling, in the planar limit. We do so by using supersymmetric localization, after rewriting the 1-loop factor as an effective action...

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Autores: Fiol Núñez, Bartomeu, Martínez Montoya, Jairo, Rios Fukelman, Alan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/178895
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/178895
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Teoria quàntica de camps
Quantum field theory
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Sumario:We obtain the perturbative expansion of the free energy on S4 for four dimensional Lagrangian N = 2 superconformal field theories, to all orders in the 't Hooft coupling, in the planar limit. We do so by using supersymmetric localization, after rewriting the 1-loop factor as an effective action involving an infinite number of single and double trace terms. The answer we obtain is purely combinatorial, and involves a sum over tree graphs. We also apply these methods to the perturbative expansion of the free energy at finite N , and to the computation of the vacuum expectation value of the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop, which in the planar limit involves a sum over rooted tree graphs.