Towards the exact Bremsstrahlung function of ABJM theory

Abstract We present the three-loop calculation of the Bremsstrahlung function associated to the 1/2-BPS cusp in ABJM theory, including color subleading corrections. Using the BPS condition we reduce the computation to that of a cusp with vanishing angle. We work within the framework of heavy quark e...

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Main Authors: Marco S. Bianchi, Luca Griguolo, Andrea Mauri, Silvia Penati, Michelangelo Preti, Domenico Seminara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)022
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Summary:Abstract We present the three-loop calculation of the Bremsstrahlung function associated to the 1/2-BPS cusp in ABJM theory, including color subleading corrections. Using the BPS condition we reduce the computation to that of a cusp with vanishing angle. We work within the framework of heavy quark effective theory (HQET) that further simplifies the analytic evaluation of the relevant cusp anomalous dimension in the near-BPS limit. The result passes nontrivial tests, such as exponentiation, and is in agreement with the conjecture made in [1] for the exact expression of the Bremsstrahlung function, based on the relation with fermionic latitude Wilson loops.
ISSN:1029-8479