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We revisit the computation of the two-loop light-like tetragonal Wilson loop for three dimensional pure Chern-Simons and N=6 Chern-Simons-matter theory, within dimensional regularization with dimensional reduction scheme. Our examination…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Marco S. Bianchi , Gaston Giribet , Matias Leoni , Silvia Penati

A recent proposal was made for a large representation rank limit for which the expectation values of N = 4 super Yang-Mills Wilson loops are given by the exponential of the 1-loop result. We verify the validity of this exponentiation in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-28 Diego H. Correa , Fidel I. Schaposnik Massolo

We propose an all-loop expression for scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in multi-Regge kinematics valid for all multiplicities, all helicity configurations and arbitrary logarithmic accuracy. Our expression is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-16 V. Del Duca , S. Druc , J. M. Drummond , C. Duhr , F. Dulat , R. Marzucca , G. Papathanasiou , B. Verbeek

These notes provide an introduction toward Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a focus toward their integrability properties. In addition to a brief discussion of exact results for the circular Wilson loop and the cusp…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Hagen Münkler

Planar L-loop maximally helicity violating amplitudes in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory are believed to possess the remarkable property of satisfying iteration relations in L. We propose a simple new method for studying the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Freddy Cachazo , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

Using the duality between color and kinematics, we construct two-loop four-point scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=2$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory coupled to $N_f$ fundamental hypermultiplets. Our results are valid in $D\le 6$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-20 Henrik Johansson , Gregor Kälin , Gustav Mogull

We test the unified-gauge formalism by computing a Wilson loop in Yang-Mills theory to one-loop order. The unified-gauge formalism is characterized by the abritrary, but fixed, four-vector $N_\mu$, which collectively represents the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Brian J. Hand , George Leibbrandt

The scattering equations provide a powerful framework for the study of scattering amplitudes in a variety of theories. Their derivation from ambitwistor string theory led to proposals for formulae at one loop on a torus for 10 dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-20 Yvonne Geyer , Lionel Mason , Ricardo Monteiro , Piotr Tourkine

Recently, loop integrands for certain Yang-Mills scattering amplitudes and correlation functions have been shown to be systematically expressible in dlog form, raising the possibility that these loop integrals can be performed directly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Arthur E. Lipstein , Lionel Mason

We compute the non-MHV one-loop seven-gluon amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, which contain three negative-helicity gluons and four positive-helicity gluons. There are four independent color-ordered amplitudes, (- - - + + + +), (-…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-15 Zvi Bern , Vittorio Del Duca , Lance J. Dixon , David A. Kosower

This paper studies in great detail a family of supersymmetric Wilson loop operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory we have recently found. For a generic curve on an S^3 in space-time the loops preserve two supercharges but we will…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nadav Drukker , Simone Giombi , Riccardo Ricci , Diego Trancanelli

We present an ansatz for the planar five-loop four-point amplitude in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of loop integrals. This ansatz exploits the recently observed correspondence between integrals with simple conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , J. J. M. Carrasco , H. Johansson , D. A. Kosower

We study 1/2-BPS Wilson loop operators in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on $d$-dimensional spheres. Their vacuum expectation values can be computed at large $N$ through supersymmetric localisation. The holographic duals are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-08 Davide Astesiano , Pieter Bomans , Fridrik Freyr Gautason , Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti , Alexia Nix

Employing a cutting-edge bootstrap method, we analytically compute the three-loop pentagonal Wilson loop with Lagrangian insertion in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. This object is conjectured to coincide with the maximally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-22 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Yongqun Xu , Shun-Qing Zhang , Yang Zhang

Maximal helicity-violating scattering amplitudes in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory are dual to Wilson loops on closed null polygons. We perform their operator product expansion analysis in two-dimensional kinematics in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 A. V. Belitsky

The precise form of the multi-Regge asymptotics of the two-loop six-point MHV amplitude in N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory has been a subject of recent controversy. In this paper we utilize the amplitude/Wilson loop correspondence to obtain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-25 Robert M. Schabinger

We perform a perturbative ${\cal O}(g^4)$ Wilson loop calculation for the U(N) Yang-Mills theory defined on non-commutative one space - one time dimensions. We choose the light-cone gauge and compare the results obtained when using the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Bassetto , G. Nardelli , A. Torrielli

We present the complete four-loop four-point amplitude in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, for a general gauge group and general D-dimensional covariant kinematics, and including all non-planar contributions. We use the method of maximal cuts…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-03 Z. Bern , J. J. M. Carrasco , L. J. Dixon , H. Johansson , R. Roiban

The AdS/CFT correspondence suggests that the Wilson loop of the large N gauge theory with N=4 supersymmetry in 4 dimensions is described by a minimal surface in AdS_5 x S^5. We examine various aspects of this proposal, comparing gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 Nadav Drukker , David J. Gross , Hirosi Ooguri

We extend Douglas' solution of the problem of finding minimal surfaces to anti-de Sitter space. The case of a circle as a boundary contour is elaborated. We discuss applications to ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills: a circular Wilson loop and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-03-07 Jan Ambjorn , Yuri Makeenko