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Three-point functions in ${\cal N}=4$ SYM: the hexagon proposal at three loops

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-23 v3

Abstract

Basso, Komatsu and Vieira recently proposed an all-loop framework for the computation of three-point functions of single-trace operators of N=4{\cal N}=4 super-Yang-Mills, the "hexagon program". This proposal results in several remarkable predictions, including the three-point function of two protected operators with an unprotected one in the SU(2)SU(2) and SL(2)SL(2) sectors. Such predictions consist of an "asymptotic" part---similar in spirit to the asymptotic Bethe Ansatz of Beisert and Staudacher for two-point functions---as well as additional finite-size "wrapping" L\"uscher-like corrections. The focus of this paper is on such wrapping corrections, which we compute at three-loops in the SL(2)SL(2) sector. The resulting structure constants perfectly match the ones obtained in the literature from four-point correlators of protected operators.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01242,
  title  = {Three-point functions in ${\cal N}=4$ SYM: the hexagon proposal at three loops},
  author = {Burkhard Eden and Alessandro Sfondrini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01242},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

18 pages, 3 tables; v2: note added, ref. added, (some) misprints corrected; v3: more ref. added, more misprints corrected

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