Quantum Spectral Curve for the eta-deformed AdS₅xS^5 superstring

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2017.10.005arXiv1708.02894MaRDI QIDQ6289948FDOQ6289948

Authors: Rob Klabbers, Stijn J. Van Tongeren

Publication date: 9 August 2017

Abstract: The spectral problem for the

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

superstring and its dual planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory can be efficiently solved through a set of functional equations known as the quantum spectral curve. We discuss how the same concepts apply to the

e t a

-deformed

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

superstring, an integrable deformation of the

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

superstring with quantum group symmetry. This model can be viewed as a trigonometric version of the

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

superstring, like the relation between the XXZ and XXX spin chains, or the sausage and the

{m S}^{2}

sigma models for instance. We derive the quantum spectral curve for the

e t a

-deformed string by reformulating the corresponding ground-state thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations as an analytic

Y

system, and map this to an analytic

T

system which upon suitable gauge fixing leads to a

m a t h b f P m u

system -- the quantum spectral curve. We then discuss constraints on the asymptotics of this system to single out particular excited states. At the spectral level the

e t a

-deformed string and its quantum spectral curve interpolate between the

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

superstring and a superstring on "mirror"

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

, reflecting a more general relationship between the spectral and thermodynamic data of the

e t a

-deformed string. In particular, the spectral problem of the mirror

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

string, and the thermodynamics of the undeformed

{m A d S}_{5} i m e s {m S}^{5}

string, are described by a second rational limit of our trigonometric quantum spectral curve, distinct from the regular undeformed limit.

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