Coulomb branch and integrability
A bstract We study one-point functions of non-BPS single-trace operators on the Coulomb branch of planar $$\mathcal{N}=4$$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Holography relates them to overlaps between on-shell closed string states and a boundary state describing a probe D3-brane in AdS 5 × S 5 . Assuming that the D-brane preserves integrability, we formulate and solve integrable bootstrap equations satisfied by the boundary state at finite ’t Hooft coupling. This leads to a closed-form determinant expression for one-point functions at finite coupling, valid for sufficiently long operators. We test the result against direct field theory computations at tree level and one loop, finding perfect agreement.
Authors
- Frank Coronado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-3309)
- Konstantin Zarembo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9123-9580)
- Shota Komatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-8440)
Institutions
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10(2025)143
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung