Analytical and numerical routes to strong coupling in $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs

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Autores principales: De Smet, Pieter-Jan, Pini, Alessandro, Vallarino, Paolo
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Publicado: 2025
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author De Smet, Pieter-Jan
Pini, Alessandro
Vallarino, Paolo
author_facet De Smet, Pieter-Jan
Pini, Alessandro
Vallarino, Paolo
contents We consider the $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_M$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory. Over the years, exploiting supersymmetric localization, exact expressions for several observables have been derived in the planar limit of this theory. In particular, some of these can be expressed as Fredholm determinants of semi-infinite matrices and their strong coupling expansions in inverse powers of the 't Hooft coupling have been calculated analytically to any desired order. On the other hand, there are also observables that cannot be rewritten in such a closed form, therefore extracting information at strong coupling is more complicated and almost no results are known beyond the leading order. In this work we focus on two observables of this type: the correlators of $n$ coincident Wilson loops and the integrated correlators of two Higgs branch operators in the presence of a Wilson line. We introduce an analytic method to evaluate the first terms of their strong coupling expansions. We also outline a numerical algorithm that serves as an independent check of the analytical results and provides predictions in cases where analytical techniques are currently not known.
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spellingShingle Analytical and numerical routes to strong coupling in $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs
De Smet, Pieter-Jan
Pini, Alessandro
Vallarino, Paolo
High Energy Physics - Theory
We consider the $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_M$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory. Over the years, exploiting supersymmetric localization, exact expressions for several observables have been derived in the planar limit of this theory. In particular, some of these can be expressed as Fredholm determinants of semi-infinite matrices and their strong coupling expansions in inverse powers of the 't Hooft coupling have been calculated analytically to any desired order. On the other hand, there are also observables that cannot be rewritten in such a closed form, therefore extracting information at strong coupling is more complicated and almost no results are known beyond the leading order. In this work we focus on two observables of this type: the correlators of $n$ coincident Wilson loops and the integrated correlators of two Higgs branch operators in the presence of a Wilson line. We introduce an analytic method to evaluate the first terms of their strong coupling expansions. We also outline a numerical algorithm that serves as an independent check of the analytical results and provides predictions in cases where analytical techniques are currently not known.
title Analytical and numerical routes to strong coupling in $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02525