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Christian Copetti¹, Lorenzo Di Pietro^2,3, Ziming Ji^3,4

¹Mathematical Institute, <a href="https://ror.org/052gg0110">University of Oxford</a>, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom.

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Anti-de Sitter space enables interpolation between different theoretical physics regimes. A specific operator destabilizes a gapless phase, leading to a gapped phase that connects smoothly to flat space, a mechanism conjectured for gauge theories.

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Area of Science:

Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics
String Theory

Background:

Anti-de Sitter space provides an infrared cutoff for asymptotically free theories.
This allows for interpolation between weakly coupled small-sized and strongly coupled flat-space regimes.
Boundary conformal theories offer a framework to study these interpolations.

Purpose of the Study:

To scrutinize the interpolation mechanism in two-dimensional theories using boundary conformal field theory.
To understand the role of operators in destabilizing phases and inducing renormalization group flow.
To explore potential connections to confinement in gauge theories.

Main Methods:

Analysis of two-dimensional theories within the framework of boundary conformal field theory.
Investigation of the impact of a singlet marginal operator on the theory's phase structure.
Study of boundary renormalization group flow from a gapless to a gapped phase.

Main Results:

The appearance of a singlet marginal operator destabilizes a gapless phase at small sizes.
This destabilization triggers a boundary renormalization group flow.
The flow leads to a gapped phase that smoothly connects to the flat-space regime.

Conclusions:

A mechanism involving a singlet marginal operator and boundary renormalization group flow facilitates smooth interpolation between different physical regimes.
This mechanism is conjectured to be relevant for understanding confinement in gauge theories.