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Correlation functions of gauge-invariant composite operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory can be computed by integrability using triangulations. The elementary tile in this process is the hexagon, which should be glued by appropriately…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-30 Marius de Leeuw , Burkhard Eden , Dennis le Plat , Tim Meier , Alessandro Sfondrini

The coupling constant dependence of correlation functions of BPS operators in N=4 Yang-Mills can be expressed in terms of integrated correlation functions. We approximate these integrated correlators by using a truncated OPE expansion. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Anirban Basu , Michael B. Green , Savdeep Sethi

Motivated by the problem of understanding 3-point correlation functions of gauge-invariant operators in N =4 super Yang-Mills theory we consider correlators involving Wilson loops and a "light" operator with fixed quantum numbers. At…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-04-19 Luis F. Alday , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We propose a method to calculate the expectation values of an operator similar to the Wilson loop in the large N limit of field theories. We consider N=4 3+1 dimensional super-Yang-Mills. The prescription involves calculating the area of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Juan M. Maldacena

We study the Operator Product Expansion of Wilson-'t Hooft operators in a twisted N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory with gauge group G. The Montonen-Olive duality puts strong constraints on the OPE and in the case G=SU(2) completely determines…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-03-24 Anton Kapustin , Natalia Saulina

We study 't Hooft lines in four-dimensional holomorphic-topological Chern-Simons theory. We relate them to Q-operators in the theory of integrable systems. We give a physical interpretation of the fundamental TQ and QQ relations satisfied…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-03 Kevin Costello , Davide Gaiotto , Junya Yagi

We show that the large N partition functions and Wilson loop observables of two-dimensional Yang-Mills theories admit a universal functional form irrespective of the gauge group. We demonstrate that U(N) QCD_2 undergoes a large N,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Michael Crescimanno , Howard J. Schnitzer

We construct a spinfoam model for Yang-Mills theory coupled to quantum gravity in three dimensional riemannian spacetime. We define the partition function of the coupled system as a power series in g_0^2 G that can be evaluated order by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Simone Speziale

We present exact expressions for certain integrated correlators of four superconformal primary operators in the stress tensor multiplet of $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang--Mills (SYM) theory with classical gauge group, $G_N$ $= SO(2N)$,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-12 Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen

We investigate elliptical Wilson loops in ${\cal N}=4$ Super Yang--Mills theory at weak and strong coupling for small values of the eccentricity. We obtain analytical results for the vacuum expectation value of the Wilson loop in the form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 Thales Azevedo , Alfonso Ballon-Bayona , Leonardo Pazito

We identify a universal finite-$N$ structure underlying Wilson loop expectations in lattice Yang-Mills, in any dimension $d\geq 2$, for gauge group $\mathrm{U}(N)$, and for arbitrary smooth central plaquette actions. The starting point is a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Thibaut Lemoine

We derive exact formulas for circular Wilson loops in the $\mathcal{N}=4$ and $\mathcal{N}=2^{* }$ theories with gauge groups $U(N)$ and $SU(N)$ in the $k$-fold symmetrized product representation. The formulas apply in the limit of large…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 D. Rodriguez-Gomez , J. G. Russo

The use of supersymmetric localisation has recently led to modular covariant expressions for certain integrated correlators of half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a general classical gauge group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

Correlation functions of Wilson lines are relevant for describing the infrared structure of scattering amplitudes. We develop a new method for evaluating a wide class of such Wilson line integrals, and apply it to the calculation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Johannes M. Henn , Tobias Huber

We perform direct diagrammatic calculations of the anomalous dimensions of twist-two operators in extended N=2 and N=4 super Yang-Mills theories (SYM). In the case of N=4 SYM, we compute the four-loop anomalous dimension of the twist-two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-08 B. A. Kniehl , V. N. Velizhanin

We consider the nonplanar universal anomalous dimension of twist-two operators at four loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and push its direct diagrammatic calculation through Lorentz spin j=20, one unit beyond the state of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-26 B. A. Kniehl , V. N. Velizhanin

The generalized quark-antiquark potential of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on S^3 x R calculates the potential between a pair of heavy charged particles separated by an arbitrary angle on S^3 and also an angle in flavor space. It can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Nadav Drukker

We report a perturbative calculation of the expectation value of the infinite straight line Maldacena-Wilson loop in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to order $g^6$. Thus, we extend the previous perturbative result by one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-11 Hannes Malcha

We develop a compact representation of the one-loop n-point functions of all chiral primary operators in planar SU(N), N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in terms of tree-level disk correlation functions and the scalar one-loop box integral. As a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-24 Nadav Drukker , Jan Plefka

We investigate the long-distance behavior of dyonic loop operators in 4d $SU(N)$ gauge theories on $\mathbb{R}^3 \times S^1$ using the 3d monopole semiclassics. If we employ the naive definition of the 't Hooft loop in the Abelianized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-06 Yui Hayashi , Yuya Tanizaki