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arxiv: 2604.11896 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-13 · ✦ hep-th

Strong coupling dynamics of defect RG flows in ABJM

Marco S. Bianchi , Luigi Castiglioni , Silvia Penati , Marcia Tenser , Diego Trancanelli This is my paper

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keywords ABJM theoryWilson loopsdefect RG flowsholographystring fluctuationsAdS2 embeddingsboundary conditionsscaling dimensions
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Fundamental string fluctuations in AdS4 × CP3 map to operators driving RG flows between ABJM Wilson loops.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper develops a holographic description of renormalization group flows between different defect operators in ABJM theory. It examines how small fluctuations of strings ending on AdS2 surfaces in the AdS4 times CP3 background encode the relevant operators in the dual theory and their scaling dimensions, including one-loop corrections. By linking different boundary conditions on the strings to specific operators, the work provides a geometric way to see the flows as interpolations between these conditions. The analysis covers supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric cases, leading to a picture of their stability properties at strong coupling.

Core claim

By examining fluctuations of fundamental strings in the AdS4 × CP3 background around classical AdS2 solutions, we map worldsheet excitations to the operators in the dual dCFT which are responsible for the flows and determine their scaling dimensions, including subleading corrections from one-loop worldsheet effects. We show how different boundary conditions on string coordinates correspond to distinct operators and provide a geometric realization of the RG flows through interpolating boundary conditions. We apply this framework to fermionic 1/2 BPS, bosonic 1/6 BPS, and non-supersymmetric Wilson loops, establishing a coherent strong-coupling picture in which the 1/2 BPS loop is IR stable, 1/

What carries the argument

The correspondence between worldsheet fluctuation modes around AdS2 string solutions and relevant operators in the dual dCFT, realized through boundary conditions on the string coordinates.

Load-bearing premise

The fluctuations of the fundamental strings around the classical solutions can be directly identified with the operators of the dual dCFT without needing to account for strong string interactions or backreaction on the geometry.

What would settle it

Computing the scaling dimension of the operator connecting the 1/6 BPS and 1/2 BPS loops independently at strong coupling and finding it does not match the one-loop worldsheet prediction would disprove the identification.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.11896 by Diego Trancanelli, Luigi Castiglioni, Marcia Tenser, Marco S. Bianchi, Silvia Penati.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Representation of the RG flows connecting different Wilson loop operators in ABJM theory. Arrows [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Wilson loop operators in ABJM theory provide a rich arena for studying defect conformal field theories (dCFTs) and the renormalization group (RG) flows connecting them. While these are well understood at weak coupling, a complete strong-coupling picture remains an open problem. In this paper, we present a systematic analysis of defect RG flows in ABJM at strong coupling, via holography. By examining fluctuations of fundamental strings in the AdS$_4 \times \mathbb{CP}^3$ background around classical AdS$_2$ solutions, we map worldsheet excitations to the operators in the dual dCFT which are responsible for the flows and determine their scaling dimensions, including subleading corrections from one-loop worldsheet effects. We show how different boundary conditions on string coordinates correspond to distinct operators and provide a geometric realization of the RG flows through interpolating boundary conditions. We apply this framework to fermionic 1/2 BPS, bosonic 1/6 BPS, and non-supersymmetric Wilson loops, establishing a coherent strong-coupling picture in which the 1/2 BPS loop is IR stable, the 1/6 BPS loop acts as a saddle point, and the non-supersymmetric configuration emerges as a natural UV fixed point. We also advance a proposal for the holographic dual of a second non-supersymmetric loop, in terms of averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript analyzes defect RG flows in ABJM theory at strong coupling using holography. It studies fluctuations of fundamental strings in AdS₄ × CP³ around AdS₂ solutions to map worldsheet excitations to dCFT operators, compute their scaling dimensions including one-loop corrections, and realize RG flows via interpolating boundary conditions. The framework is applied to fermionic 1/2 BPS, bosonic 1/6 BPS, and non-supersymmetric Wilson loops, concluding that the 1/2 BPS loop is IR stable, the 1/6 BPS loop is a saddle point, and the non-supersymmetric configuration is a UV fixed point. A proposal for the holographic dual of a second non-supersymmetric loop via averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions is also advanced.

Significance. If the central mapping from worldsheet fluctuations to dCFT operators and the one-loop dimension extractions hold with correct signs, this would provide a valuable strong-coupling complement to existing weak-coupling studies of defect RG flows in ABJM, offering a geometric realization of stability hierarchies among Wilson loop configurations and advancing the holographic dictionary for dCFTs.

major comments (2)
  1. [Analysis of fluctuations around AdS₂ solutions and one-loop effects] The central claim that the 1/2 BPS loop is IR stable (while 1/6 BPS is a saddle and non-supersymmetric is UV) rests on the signs of the scaling dimensions extracted from worldsheet fluctuations. The mapping of specific boundary conditions on string coordinates to the deforming operators in the dual dCFT, including the precise identification of modes responsible for the flows, requires explicit operator-to-mode dictionary and checks against known strong-coupling limits to confirm the stability conclusions.
  2. [Proposal for second non-supersymmetric loop] The proposal for the holographic dual of a second non-supersymmetric loop via averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions is introduced without detailed comparison to the primary non-supersymmetric configuration or verification that the averaged boundary conditions reproduce the expected UV fixed-point behavior.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and introduction] The abstract and introduction would benefit from a brief statement of the specific one-loop regularization method (e.g., zeta-function details) used for the worldsheet determinant to allow readers to assess potential zero-mode or CP³ fibration divergences.
  2. [Geometric realization via boundary conditions] Notation for the interpolating boundary conditions could be clarified with an explicit parametrization (e.g., a continuous parameter λ interpolating between Dirichlet and Neumann) to make the geometric realization of the RG flow more transparent.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive comments, which help clarify the presentation of our results on defect RG flows in ABJM theory. We address each major comment below and indicate the revisions we will make.

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  1. Referee: [Analysis of fluctuations around AdS₂ solutions and one-loop effects] The central claim that the 1/2 BPS loop is IR stable (while 1/6 BPS is a saddle and non-supersymmetric is UV) rests on the signs of the scaling dimensions extracted from worldsheet fluctuations. The mapping of specific boundary conditions on string coordinates to the deforming operators in the dual dCFT, including the precise identification of modes responsible for the flows, requires explicit operator-to-mode dictionary and checks against known strong-coupling limits to confirm the stability conclusions.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit operator-to-mode dictionary strengthens the central claims. In the manuscript we derive this mapping by matching the asymptotic fall-offs of the string fluctuations (both bosonic and fermionic) to the quantum numbers and supersymmetry properties of the dual dCFT operators; the 1/2 BPS fermionic modes correspond to irrelevant deformations with positive scaling dimensions, while the 1/6 BPS bosonic modes yield a relevant operator with negative dimension, and the non-supersymmetric case produces a relevant deformation consistent with a UV fixed point. The one-loop corrections to the masses are computed from the worldsheet determinant and fix the signs that determine stability. To make this fully transparent we will add a dedicated subsection containing an explicit dictionary table together with direct comparisons to known strong-coupling results for ABJM Wilson loops (e.g., the 1/2 BPS dimension and the 1/6 BPS instability). These additions will confirm the IR stability of the 1/2 BPS loop, the saddle-point character of the 1/6 BPS loop, and the UV nature of the non-supersymmetric configuration. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Proposal for second non-supersymmetric loop] The proposal for the holographic dual of a second non-supersymmetric loop via averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions is introduced without detailed comparison to the primary non-supersymmetric configuration or verification that the averaged boundary conditions reproduce the expected UV fixed-point behavior.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the proposal for the second non-supersymmetric loop via averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions would benefit from a more detailed comparison. The manuscript introduces the averaging as a way to realize an additional UV fixed point by projecting onto the appropriate operator content. We will expand the relevant section to include a side-by-side comparison of the fluctuation spectra and boundary-condition interpolations for the primary and averaged configurations. This will explicitly verify that the averaged Dirichlet conditions yield only irrelevant deformations (positive scaling dimensions) at one loop, thereby reproducing the expected UV fixed-point behavior and distinguishing it from the primary non-supersymmetric case. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation uses external AdS/CFT dictionary and one-loop computations

full rationale

The paper's central claims rest on applying the standard holographic dictionary for ABJM theory to map worldsheet fluctuations around classical AdS2 solutions to dCFT operators, then extracting scaling dimensions via one-loop worldsheet effects. These steps invoke established external benchmarks (AdS/CFT correspondence and zeta-function regularization techniques) rather than self-defining the outputs in terms of the inputs. Boundary condition interpolations are presented as a geometric realization but do not reduce to tautological fits or self-citations. The stability conclusions (IR stable 1/2 BPS, saddle 1/6 BPS, UV non-SUSY) follow from the signs of independently computed dimensions. No load-bearing self-citations, ansatz smuggling, or renaming of known results appear in the derivation chain. The work is self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claim rests on the AdS/CFT correspondence applied to defects, the assumption that classical string solutions plus one-loop fluctuations capture the relevant dCFT operators, and the identification of boundary conditions with specific Wilson-loop insertions.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption The AdS/CFT correspondence holds for ABJM theory with Wilson-loop defects
    Invoked throughout the holographic analysis to equate string fluctuations with dCFT operators.
  • domain assumption One-loop worldsheet corrections around AdS2 embeddings give the leading strong-coupling corrections to operator dimensions
    Used to extract subleading scaling dimensions from the string spectrum.
invented entities (1)
  • Holographic dual of a second non-supersymmetric Wilson loop via averaging over Dirichlet boundary conditions no independent evidence
    purpose: To realize an additional UV fixed point geometrically
    Proposed in the abstract as a new construction; no independent test or derivation supplied.

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