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We investigate the supersymmetric Wilson loops in $d=3$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Chern-Simons-matter theory obtained from non-chiral orbifold of ABJM theory. We work in both Minkowski spacetime and Euclidean space, and we construct 1/4 and 1/2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-04 Hao Ouyang , Jun-Bao Wu , Jia-ju Zhang

We continue our study of renormalization group (RG) flows on Wilson loop defects in ABJM theory, which we have initiated in arXiv:2211.16501. We generalize that analysis by including non-supersymmetric fixed points and RG trajectories. To…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-28 Luigi Castiglioni , Silvia Penati , Marcia Tenser , Diego Trancanelli

We compute the correlation function between a circular half-BPS Wilson loop (or straight Wilson line) and a local operator in ABJM theory utilizing its M-theory description. The local operator can be a $1/3$-BPS single-trace chiral primary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Xiao-Yi Zhang , Yunfeng Jiang , Jun-Bao Wu

As was shown in arXiv:2303.15207, the leading large $N$, fixed $k$ correction in the localization result for the expectation value of the $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS circular Wilson loop in $U(N)_{k}\times U(N)_{-k}$ ABJM theory given by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-22 Matteo Beccaria , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We study the vacuum expectation value of half-BPS Wilson loop operators in two families of superconformal $\mathcal{N}=2$ Chern-Simons-matter theories. The first family is dual to AdS$_{4}$ solutions in M-theory, while the second one has a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-07 Fridrik Freyr Gautason , Alexia Nix

We consider different supersymmetric mixed boundary conditions for scalar and fermionic fields in $AdS_2$, searching for the dual description of a family of interpolating Wilson Loops in ABJM theory. The family, which interpolates between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-18 Diego H. Correa , Victor I. Giraldo-Rivera , Guillermo A. Silva

We study supersymmetric Wilson loop operators in ABJM theory from both sides of the AdS_4/CFT_3 correspondence. We first construct some supersymmetric Wilson loops. The perturbative computations are performed in the field theory side at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-09 Bin Chen , Jun-Bao Wu

We consider general supersymmetric Wilson loops in ABJM model, i.e. Chern-Simons-matter theory in 2+1 dimensions with N=6 supersymmetry. They are so-called Zarembo-type: the Wilson loops of our interest have generic contours in spacetime,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Nakwoo Kim

We investigate the role of framing in a family of 1/24 BPS Wilson loops in ABJ(M) theory, which define flows between 1/6 BPS and the 1/2 BPS superconformal fixed points. We analyze in perturbation theory how framing affects both the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-30 Marco S. Bianchi , Luigi Castiglioni , Silvia Penati , Marcia Tenser , Diego Trancanelli

We address a longstanding question of whether ABJM theory has Wilson loop operators preserving eight supercharges (so 1/3 BPS). We present such Wilson loops made of a large supermatrix combining two 1/2 BPS Wilson loops. We study the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-12 Nadav Drukker , Ziwen Kong

We study the integrability properties of Wilson loops in the ${\cal N}=6$ three-dimensional Chern-Simons-matter (ABJM) theory. We begin with the construction of an open spin chain that describes the anomalous dimensions of operators…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-17 Diego H. Correa , Victor I. Giraldo-Rivera , Martín Lagares

We consider 1/2 BPS supersymmetric circular Wilson loops in four-dimensional N=2 SU(N) SYM theories with massless matter content and non-vanishing beta-function. Following Pestun's approach, we can use supersymmetric localization on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-20 M. Billo' , L. Griguolo , A. Testa

We present a large new family of Wilson loop operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. For an arbitrary curve on the three dimensional sphere one can add certain scalar couplings to the Wilson loop so it preserves at least two…

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

We initiate the study of $1/2$ BPS Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Chern-Simons-matter theories in three dimensions. We consider a circular or linear quiver with Chern-Simons levels $k$, $-k$ and $0$, and focus on loops preserving one of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-17 Michael Cooke , Nadav Drukker , Diego Trancanelli

We investigate several aspects of BPS latitude Wilson loops in gauge theories in three dimensions with $\mathcal{N}\ge 4$ supersymmetry. We derive a matrix model for the bosonic latitude Wilson loop in ABJM using supersymmetric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-18 Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini , Itamar Yaakov

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

In this paper we study the expectation value of deformations of the circular Wilson loop in ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. The leading order deformation, known as the Bremsstrahlung function, can be obtained exactly from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-15 Michael Cooke , Amit Dekel , Nadav Drukker , Diego Trancanelli , Edoardo Vescovi

We discuss the near BPS expansion of the generalized cusp anomalous dimension with L units of R-charge. Integrability provides an exact solution, obtained by solving a general TBA equation in the appropriate limit: we propose here an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Marisa Bonini , Luca Griguolo , Michelangelo Preti , Domenico Seminara

We study a recently discovered family of 1/8-BPS supersymmetric Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and their string theory duals. The operators are defined for arbitrary contours on a two-sphere in space-time, and they were…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Simone Giombi , Vasily Pestun , Riccardo Ricci

I review recent results concerning the construction of generalised "latitude" Wilson loops in ABJM theory. In particular, the parametric Matrix Model determining these operators exactly is presented, as well as the exact prescription for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-09 Silvia Penati