REVIEW 3 cited by
Quantum vortices, M2-branes and black holes
Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.
SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event
T0 review · schema-true
One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.
pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp
abstract
We study the partition functions of BPS vortices and magnetic monopole operators, in gauge theories describing $N$ M2-branes. In particular, we explore two closely related methods to study the Cardy limit of the index on $S^2\times\mathbb{R}$. The first method uses the factorization of this index to vortex partition functions, while the second one uses a continuum approximation for the monopole charge sums. Monopole condensation confines most of the $N^2$ degrees of freedom except $N^{\frac{3}{2}}$ of them, even in the high temperature deconfined phase. The resulting large $N$ free energy statistically accounts for the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of large BPS black holes in $AdS_4\times S^7$. Our Cardy free energy also suggests a finite $N$ version of the $N^{\frac{3}{2}}$ degrees of freedom.
Forward citations
Cited by 3 Pith papers
-
Cardy limit of the 3d superconformal index
In the Cardy limit the 3d superconformal index obeys Z ~ beta^{-#} on the first sheet and Z ~ e^{#/beta} on the second, with gauge-enhancing saddles screened for non-chiral theories.
-
An Airy Tale at Large $N$
The paper presents numerical and analytic evidence that the large-N sphere partition function of five classes of M2-brane SCFTs, with squashing and real masses, takes the form of an Airy function to all orders in 1/N.
-
The Superconformal Index and Black Hole Instabilities
The two-angular-momentum superconformal index of N=4 SYM has degeneracy tails beyond the entropy of the single AdS5 black hole, interpreted as grey galaxy signatures.
Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.