Exploring the mirror TBA
Nov, 2009
58 pages
Published in:
- JHEP 05 (2010) 031
e-Print:
- 0911.2224 [hep-th]
Report number:
- ITP-UU-09-54,
- SPIN-09-44,
- TCDMATH-09-24,
- HMI-09-10
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We apply the contour deformation trick to the Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz equations for the AdS_5 \times S^5 mirror model, and obtain the integral equations determining the energy of two-particle excited states dual to N=4 SYM operators from the sl(2) sector. We show that each state/operator is described by its own set of TBA equations. Moreover, we provide evidence that for each state there are infinitely-many critical values of 't Hooft coupling constant \lambda, and the excited states integral equations have to be modified each time one crosses one of those. In particular, estimation based on the large L asymptotic solution gives \lambda \approx 774 for the first critical value corresponding to the Konishi operator. Our results indicate that the related calculations and conclusions of Gromov, Kazakov and Vieira should be interpreted with caution. The phenomenon we discuss might potentially explain the mismatch between their recent computation of the scaling dimension of the Konishi operator and the one done by Roiban and Tseytlin by using the string theory sigma model.Note:
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- AdS-CFT Correspondence
- Integrable Field Theories
- energy: two-particle
- mirror: model
- integral equations
- excited state
- duality
- AdS/CFT correspondence
- Bethe ansatz: thermodynamical
- AdS(5) x S(5)
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