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Perturbative bootstrap of the Wilson-line defect CFT: Multipoint correlators

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-13 v3

Abstract

We study the defect CFT associated with the half-BPS Wilson line in N=4\mathcal{N}=4 Super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. Using a perturbative bootstrap approach, we derive new analytical results for multipoint correlators of protected defect operators at large NN and weak coupling. At next-to-next-to-leading order, we demonstrate that the simplest five- and six-point functions are fully determined by non-perturbative constraints -- which include superconformal symmetry, crossing symmetry, and the pinching of operators to lower-point functions -- as well as by a single integral, known as the train track integral. Additionally, we present new analytical results for the four-point functions 1122\langle 1122 \rangle and 1212\langle 1212 \rangle.

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@article{arxiv.2410.08271,
  title  = {Perturbative bootstrap of the Wilson-line defect CFT: Multipoint correlators},
  author = {Daniele Artico and Julien Barrat and Giulia Peveri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.08271},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

51 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, 1 ancillary notebook. v3 matches the JHEP version and includes fixing typos and adjusted conventions

R2 v1 2026-06-28T19:16:54.880Z