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We compute Lüscher corrections to the effective string tension in the PilchWarner background, holographically dual to \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2∗ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The same quantity can be calculated directly from field theory by solving the localization matrix model at large-N . We find complete agreement between the field-theory predictions and explicit string-theory calculation at strong coupling.
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Chen-Lin, X., Medina-Rincon, D. & Zarembo, K. Quantum string test of nonconformal holography. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 95 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)095
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