[$\Lambda_p$ Style Bounds in Orlicz Spaces Close to $L^2$]{$\Lambda_p$ Style Bounds in Orlicz Spaces Close to $L^2$}

Let $(\varphi_i)_{i=1}^n$ be mutually orthogonal functions on a probability space such that $\|\varphi_i\|_\infty \leq 1 $ for all $i \in [n]$. Let $\alpha > 0$. Let $\Phi(u) = u^2 \log^{\alpha}(u)$ for $u \geq u_{0}$, and $\Phi(u) = c(\alpha) u^2$ otherwise. $u_0$ and $c(\alpha)$ are constants chosen so that $\Phi$ is a Young function, depending only on $\alpha$. We show that with probability at least $1/4$ over subsets $I$ of $[n]$ the following holds, $|I| \geq \frac{n}{e \log^{\alpha+1}(n)} $ and for any $a \in \mathbb{C}^n$, $$ \left \|\sum_{i \in I} a_i \varphi_i \right \|_{\Phi} \leq K(\alpha) \log^{\alpha}(\log n) \cdot \|a\|_2. $$ $K(\alpha)$ is a constant depending only on $\alpha$. \vskip 0.125in In the main Theorem of \cite{Ryou22}, Ryou proved the result above to $O_n(1)$ factors when the Orlicz space is a $L^p(\log L)^{\alpha}$ space for $p > 2$ where $|I| \sim \frac{n^{2/p}}{\log^{2 \alpha /p}(n)}$. However, their work did not extend to the case where $p=2$, an open question in \cite{Iosevich25}. Our result resolves the latter question up to $\log \log n$ factors. Moreover, our result sharpens the constants of Limonova's main result in \cite{Limonova23} from a factor of $\log n$ to a factor of $\log \log n$, if the orthogonal functions are bounded by a constant. In addition, our proof is much shorter and simpler than the latter's.