Continuous quiver gauge theories
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We consider half-BPS Wilson loops in N = 2 long circular quiver gauge theories at large N with continuous limit shape of ’t Hooft couplings. In the limit of an infinite number of nodes L , the solution to the localization matrix model is given by Wigner semicircles for any profile of couplings. Higher-order corrections in 1 / L can be calculated iteratively. Combining large L with a strong coupling regime, we identify a double scaling limit that describes dynamics along a fifth dimension, which emerges dynamically from the quiver diagram. We solve the resulting integro-differential equation exactly for a certain range of parameters.
Author: Evgeny Sobko
Institution: London Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407871971