Non-planar corrections to ABJM Bremsstrahlung function from quantum M2 brane

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the one-loop correction to the M2 brane partition function in AdS4×S7/ℤk accurately reproduces the localization result for the Bremsstrahlung function in ABJM theory, extending previous results to non-planar corrections.

Contribution

It proves the correspondence between M2 brane one-loop corrections and the Bremsstrahlung function for small cusps in ABJM theory, including non-planar effects.

Findings

One-loop M2 brane correction matches the localization Bremsstrahlung function.

Extension of the duality to non-planar corrections in ABJM.

Validation of the M2 brane approach for cusp-related observables.

Abstract

As was shown in arXiv:2303.15207, the leading large $N$, fixed $k$ correction in the localization result for the expectation value of the $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS circular Wilson loop in $U(N)_{k}\times U(N)_{-k}$ ABJM theory given by the $(\sin\frac{2\pi}{ k})^{-1}$ factor can be reproduced on the dual M-theory side as the one-loop correction in the partition function of an M2 brane in AdS$_{4}\times S^{7}/\mathbb{Z}_{k}$ with AdS$_{2}\times S^{1}$ world volume. Here we prove, following the suggestion in arXiv:2408.10070, that the analogous fact is true also for the corresponding correction $B_1=-\frac{1}{2\pi k}\cot\frac{2\pi}{k}$ in the localization result for the Bremsstrahlung function associated with the Wilson line with a small cusp in either AdS$_4$ or $\rm CP^3$. The corresponding M2 brane is wrapped on the 11d circle and generalizes the type IIA string solution in AdS$_{4}\times \rm CP^3$ ending on the cusped line. We show that the one-loop term in the M2 brane partition function reproduces the localization expression for $B_1$ as the coefficient of the leading term in its small cusp expansion.