${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills thermodynamics to order $λ^{5/2}$

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Auteurs principaux: Carrington, Margaret E., Kunstatter, Gabor, Tantary, Ubaid
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author Carrington, Margaret E.
Kunstatter, Gabor
Tantary, Ubaid
author_facet Carrington, Margaret E.
Kunstatter, Gabor
Tantary, Ubaid
contents We calculate the resummed perturbative free energy of ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills in four spacetime dimensions (SYM$_{44}$) to order $λ^{5/2}$ in the 't Hooft coupling at finite temperature and zero chemical potential. All infrared divergences cancel when we include contributions from SYM$_{44}$ ring diagrams and the final result is both ultraviolet and infrared finite. Our result has special significance since order $λ^{5/2}$ is the highest order calculation that can be done with perturbation theory, because there are nonperturbative effects associated with the magnetic mass scale that come into play at order $λ^3$. We compare results obtained with regularization by dimensional reduction (RDR), which preserves supersymmetry, and canonical dimensional regularization (DR). We also compare with a generalized Padé approximant constructed by matching the weak coupling result at order $λ^2$ and the large $N_c$ strong coupling result at order $λ^{-3/2}$. Finally we make a comparison between our result and the QCD free energy and show that SYM$_{44}$ has better convergence properties.
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spellingShingle ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills thermodynamics to order $λ^{5/2}$
Carrington, Margaret E.
Kunstatter, Gabor
Tantary, Ubaid
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
We calculate the resummed perturbative free energy of ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills in four spacetime dimensions (SYM$_{44}$) to order $λ^{5/2}$ in the 't Hooft coupling at finite temperature and zero chemical potential. All infrared divergences cancel when we include contributions from SYM$_{44}$ ring diagrams and the final result is both ultraviolet and infrared finite. Our result has special significance since order $λ^{5/2}$ is the highest order calculation that can be done with perturbation theory, because there are nonperturbative effects associated with the magnetic mass scale that come into play at order $λ^3$. We compare results obtained with regularization by dimensional reduction (RDR), which preserves supersymmetry, and canonical dimensional regularization (DR). We also compare with a generalized Padé approximant constructed by matching the weak coupling result at order $λ^2$ and the large $N_c$ strong coupling result at order $λ^{-3/2}$. Finally we make a comparison between our result and the QCD free energy and show that SYM$_{44}$ has better convergence properties.
title ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills thermodynamics to order $λ^{5/2}$
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05919