Published March 10, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Instanton effects in ABJM theory with general R-charge assignments

  • 1. Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University,Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto (Japan)

Description

We study the large N expansion of the partition function of the quiver superconformal Chern-Simons theories deformed by two continuous parameters which correspond to general R-charge assignment to the matter fields. Though the deformation breaks the conformal symmetry, we find that the partition function shares various structures with the superconformal cases, such as the Airy function expression of the perturbative expansion in 1/N with the overall constant A(k) related to the constant map in the ABJM case through a simple rescaling of k. We also identify five kinds of the non-perturbative effects in 1/N which correspond to the membrane instantons. The instanton exponents and the singular structure of the coefficients depend on the continuous deformation parameters, in contrast to the superconformal case where all the parameters are integers associated with the orbifold action on the moduli space. This implies that the singularity of the instanton effects would be observable also in the gravity side.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)059; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/14719

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. 59
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48043094
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AIRY FUNCTIONS; ALLOCATIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INSTANTONS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; QUASI PARTICLES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP03(2016)059; ARXIV:1512.02862; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:14719
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)