9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Computation of the anomalous dimension of ABJM theory

12 Jul 2012, 11:40
20m
Oral Presentation Track G - Theoretical and Computational Physics Theoretical

Speakers

Mr Garreth Kemp (University of the Witwatersrand) Mr Nkululeko Nokwara (University of the Witwatersrand)

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No

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Professor Robert de Mello Koch

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Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

We discuss the computation of the anomalous dimension (in the large N, but non-planar limit) of a (2+1)-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) that is dual to 4-dimensional gravitational theory on anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. In CFTs, a basic observable is the conformal dimension rather than the S-matrix. This conformal dimension is a combination of the classical mass dimension and a quantum correction. It is this quantum correction, otherwise known as the anomalous dimension, whose computation will be discussed in this talk. The calculation employs group representation theory as developed in recent work.

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PhD

Primary author

Mr Nkululeko Nokwara (University of the Witwatersrand)

Co-authors

Mr Garreth Kemp (University of the Witwatersrand) Prof. Robert de Mello Koch (University of the Witwatersrand)

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