Far beyond the planar limit in strongly-coupled $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM
Far beyond the planar limit in strongly-coupled $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM
A bstract When the SU( N ) $$ \mathcal{N} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:math> = 4 super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with complexified gauge coupling τ is placed on a round four-sphere and deformed by an $$ \mathcal{N} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:math> = 2-preserving mass parameter m , its free energy …