The Scaling function at strong coupling from the quantum string Bethe equations

Mar, 2007
25 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 04 (2007) 066
e-Print:
Report number:
  • HU-EP-07-06

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study at strong coupling the scaling function describing the large spin anomalous dimension of twist two operators in N=4{\cal N}=4 super Yang-Mills theory. In the spirit of AdS/CFT duality, it is possible to extract it from the string Bethe Ansatz equations in the sl(2)\mathfrak{sl}(2) sector of the \ads superstring. To this aim, we present a detailed analysis of the Bethe equations by numerical and analytical methods. We recover several short string semiclassical results as a check. In the more difficult case of the long string limit providing the scaling function, we analyze the strong coupling version of the Eden-Staudacher equation, including the Arutyunov-Frolov-Staudacher phase. We prove that it admits a unique solution, at least in perturbation theory, leading to the correct prediction consistent with semiclassical string calculations.
  • integrable quantum field theory
  • integrable spin chains (vertex models)
  • quantum integrability (Bethe ansatz)
  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • supersymmetry
  • scaling
  • approximation: strong coupling
  • model: spin
  • model: vertex
  • integrability