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Holographic correlators with BPS bound states in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ SYM

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-18 v2

Abstract

We compute 4-point correlators in N=4\mathcal{N} = 4 SU(N)SU(N) Super-Yang-Mills with both single and double-particle 1/21/2-BPS operators in the regime of large 't Hooft coupling and large NN. In particular we give explicit expressions up to O(1/N4)\mathcal{O}(1/N^4) for the lightest correlator with two double-particle and two single-particle operators built out of the stress-tensor multiplet. Our derivation makes use of the general holographic prescription applied to an asymptotically AdS5×_5\timesS5^5 geometry that describes a coherent superposition of multi-graviton operators. The final result can be written in terms of a natural generalisation of the standard D-functions and takes a compact form in Mellin space. The correlator we compute here is the simplest of a more general class of correlators where two inserted operators are multi-particles. These can be derived with the same approach, suggesting that the structure found here is general.

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@article{arxiv.2409.12911,
  title  = {Holographic correlators with BPS bound states in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ SYM},
  author = {Francesco Aprile and Stefano Giusto and Rodolfo Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.12911},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 page of supplemental material. v2: minor modifications, comments and references added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T18:50:30.061Z