Large spin expansion of the long-range Baxter equation in the sl(2) sector of N=4 SYM

TL;DR

This paper develops a method to compute large spin expansions of solutions to the long-range Baxter equation in the sl(2) sector of N=4 SYM, providing a non-conjectural approach to understanding anomalous dimensions.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed algorithm to expand the Baxter equation at large spin for twist-2 and 3 operators at two and three loops, bypassing previous conjectures.

Findings

Efficient computation of large spin expansions without conjectures

Application to twist-2 and 3 operators at two and three loops

Resolution of subtleties leading to a simple algorithm

Abstract

Recently, several multi-loop conjectures have been proposed for the spin dependence of anomalous dimensions of twist-2 and 3 operators in the sl(2) sector of N=4 SYM. Currently, these conjectures are not proven, although several consistency checks have been performed on their large spin expansion. In this paper, we show how these expansions can be efficiently computed without resorting to any conjecture. To this aim we present in full details a method to expand at large spin the solution of the long-range Baxter equation. We treat the twist-2 and 3 cases at two loops and the twist-3 case at three loops. Several subtleties arise whose resolution leads to a simple algorithm computing the expansion.