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Large $N$ Partition Functions of the ABJM Theory

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arxiv 2210.09318 v4 pith:2WLHKHHB submitted 2022-10-17 hep-th

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We study the large $N$ limit of some supersymmetric partition functions of the $\mathrm{U}(N)_{k}\times \mathrm{U}(N)_{-k}$ ABJM theory computed by supersymmetric localization. We conjecture an explicit expression, valid to all orders in the large $N$ limit, for the partition function on the $\mathrm{U}(1)\times \mathrm{U}(1)$ invariant squashed sphere in the presence of real masses in terms of an Airy function. Several non-trivial tests of this conjecture are presented. In addition, we derive an explicit compact expression for the topologically twisted index of the ABJM theory valid at fixed $k$ to all orders in the $1/N$ expansion. We use these results to derive the topologically twisted index and the sphere partition function in the 't Hooft limit which correspond to genus $\tt g$ type IIA string theory free energies to all orders in the $\alpha'$ expansion. We discuss the implications of our results for holography and the physics of AdS$_4$ black holes.

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