11th Bologna Workshop on Conformal Field Theory and Integrable Models

Coulomb branch integrability

2 Sept 2025, 14:30

40m

Aula Magna (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - University of Bologna)

Invited talk Talks

Speaker

Konstantin Zarembo (Nordita)

Description

The symmetry-broken phase of the N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory (SYM) is described by a D3-brane in the bulk of AdS. The D3-brane boundary conditions preserve integrability of the string, opening an avenue for applying boundary Bethe Ansatz to non-perturbative condensates (1pt functions) and possibly other observables on the Coulomb branch of SYM, which break conformal symmetry, generates a mass scale and has propagating massive particles.

Presentation materials

Zarembo-CFT-Int.pdf