Exact Correlation Functions in SU(2) N=2 Superconformal QCD

Marco Baggio, Vasilis Niarchos, and Kyriakos Papadodimas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 251601 – Published 15 December 2014

Abstract

We report an exact solution of 2- and 3-point functions of chiral primary fields in SU(2) N=2 super-Yang-Mills theory coupled to four hypermultiplets. It is shown that these correlation functions are nontrivial functions of the gauge coupling, obeying differential equations which take the form of the semi-infinite Toda chain. We solve these equations recursively in terms of the Zamolodchikov metric that can be determined exactly from supersymmetric localization on the four-sphere. Our results are verified independently in perturbation theory with a Feynman diagram computation up to 2 loops. This is a short version of a companion paper that contains detailed technical remarks, additional material, and aspects of an extension to the SU(N) gauge group.

  • Received 6 October 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.251601

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Marco Baggio*

  • Institut fur Theoretische Physik, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Vasilis Niarchos

  • Crete Center for Theoretical Physics and Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion 71303, Greece

Kyriakos Papadodimas

  • Theory Group, Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

  • *baggiom@ethz.ch
  • niarchos@physics.uoc.gr
  • kyriakos.papadodimas@cern.ch On leave from the Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, Netherlands.

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Vol. 113, Iss. 25 — 19 December 2014

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