Tracing the string: BMN correspondence at finite J2/N

John Pearson, Marcus Spradlin, Diana Vaman, Herman Verlinde, Anastasia Volovich

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Abstract

Employing the string bit formalism of [18], we identify the basis transformation that relates BMN operators in N = 4 gauge theory to string states in the dual string field theory at finite g2 = J2/N. In this basis, the supercharge truncates at linear order in g2, and the mixing amplitude between 1 and 2-string states precisely matches with the (corrected) answer of [5] for the 3-string amplitude in light-cone string field theory. Supersymmetry then predicts the order g22 contact term in the string bit hamiltonian. The resulting leading order mass renormalization of string states agrees with the recently computed shift in conformal dimension of BMN operators in the gauge theory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)477-487
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

  • Penrose limit and pp-wave background
  • String Field Theory

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