Four-dimensional $$\mathcal{N}$$ = 2 superconformal long circular quivers

Abstract

Abstract We study four-dimensional $$\mathcal{N}$$ = 2 superconformal circular, cyclic symmetric quiver theories which are planar equivalent to $$\mathcal{N}$$ = 4 super Yang-Mills. We use localization to compute nonplanar corrections to the free energy and the circular half-BPS Wilson loop in these theories for an arbitrary number of nodes, and examine their behaviour in the limit of long quivers. Exploiting the relationship between the localization quiver matrix integrals and an integrable Bessel operator, we find a closed-form expression for the leading nonplanar correction to both observables in the limit when the number of nodes and ’t Hooft coupling become large. We demonstrate that it has different asymptotic behaviour depending on how the two parameters are compared, and interpret this behaviour in terms of properties of a lattice model defined on the quiver diagram.