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Spin bit models from non-planar N=4 SYM

arXiv:hep-th/0404066 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.07.025

Abstract

We study spin models underlying the non-planar dynamics of SYM gauge theory. In particular, we derive the non-local spin chain Hamiltonian generating dilatations in the gauge theory at leading order in but exact in . States in the spin chain are characterized by a spin-configuration and a linking variable describing how sites in the chain are connected. Joining and splitting of string/traces are mimicked by a twist operator acting on the linking variable. The results are applied to a systematic study of non-planar anomalous dimensions and operator mixing in SYM. Intriguingly, we identify a sequence of SYM operators for which corrections to the one-loop anomalous dimensions stop at the first non-planar order.

22 pages, 2 figures, some typos corrected in eqs. (2.6), (2.8), (2.11), (2.14)

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