Towards the F-theorem: N = 2 field theories on the three-sphere
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DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2011)102zbMATH Open1298.81304arXiv1103.1181OpenAlexW2949530638MaRDI QIDQ466632FDOQ466632
Authors: Igor R. Klebanov, Silviu S. Pufu, Benjamin R. Safdi, Daniel L. Jafferis 
Publication date: 27 October 2014
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: For 3-dimensional field theories with {cal N}=2 supersymmetry the Euclidean path integrals on the three-sphere can be calculated using the method of localization; they reduce to certain matrix integrals that depend on the R-charges of the matter fields. We solve a number of such large N matrix models and calculate the free energy F as a function of the trial R-charges consistent with the marginality of the superpotential. In all our {cal N}=2 superconformal examples, the local maximization of F yields answers that scale as N^{3/2} and agree with the dual M-theory backgrounds AdS_4 x Y, where Y are 7-dimensional Sasaki-Einstein spaces. We also find in toric examples that local F-maximization is equivalent to the minimization of the volume of Y over the space of Sasakian metrics, a procedure also referred to as Z-minimization. Moreover, we find that the functions F and Z are related for any trial R-charges. In the models we study F is positive and decreases along RG flows. We therefore propose the "F-theorem" that we hope applies to all 3-d field theories: the finite part of the free energy on the three-sphere decreases along RG trajectories and is stationary at RG fixed points. We also show that in an infinite class of Chern-Simons-matter gauge theories where the Chern-Simons levels do not sum to zero, the free energy grows as N^{5/3} at large N. This non-trivial scaling matches that of the free energy of the gravity duals in type IIA string theory with Romans mass.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1181
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