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Loop-level scattering amplitudes for massless particles have singularities in regions where tree amplitudes are perfectly smooth. For example, a $2\to4$ gluon scattering process has a singularity in which each incoming gluon splits into a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Lance J. Dixon , Ilya Esterlis

We propose a dual Wilson loop description for the MHV super form factors of half-BPS operators in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. In this description, the local operators are represented by on-shell states, made out of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-24 Benjamin Basso , Alexander G. Tumanov

We describe a general algorithm for the computation of the remainder function for n-gluon scattering in multi-Regge kinematics for strongly coupled planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. This regime is accessible through the infrared physics…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-12 J. Bartels , V. Schomerus , M. Sprenger

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

We discuss gluon scattering amplitudes/null-polygonal Wilson loops of N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory at strong coupling based on the gauge/string duality and its underlying integrability. We focus on the amplitudes/Wilson loops corresponding…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Yuji Satoh

We consider $U(N)$ $\mathcal N=4$ super Yang-Mills theory and discuss how to extract the strong coupling limit of non-planar corrections to observables involving the $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS Wilson loop. Our approach is based on a suitable saddle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Matteo Beccaria , Azeem Hasan

We compute the three-loop contribution to the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills planar four-gluon amplitude using the recently-proposed Higgs IR regulator of Alday, Henn, Plefka, and Schuster. In particular, we test the proposed exponential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-12 Johannes M. Henn , Stephen G. Naculich , Howard J. Schnitzer , Marcus Spradlin

We investigate the analytic structure of the $2\to5$ scattering amplitude in the planar limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM in multi-Regge kinematics in all physical regions. We demonstrate the close connection between Regge pole and Regge cut…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-05-20 Jochen Bartels , Andrey Kormilitzin , Lev Lipatov

We study scattering amplitudes and form factors in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory in the limit where two pairs of gluons become collinear. We find that, when the virtualities of both collinear pairs are spacelike, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-09 Claude Duhr , Aniruddha Venkata , Chi Zhang

A novel way of computing high-order amplitudes in the multi-Regge limit of planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory is presented. In this framework, we are able to obtain high-loop and high-leg results by an easy operation on known…

Starting from the known all-order expressions for the BFKL eigenvalue and impact factor, we establish a formalism allowing the direct calculation of the six-point remainder function in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory in momentum space to - in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-17 Johannes Broedel , Martin Sprenger

We compute the three-loop leading-colour corrections to the Yang-Mills Regge trajectory and gluon impact factor. Conjecturing that, in analogy with $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM), in a suitable scheme $N_c$-subleading terms are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-16 Vittorio Del Duca , Robin Marzucca , Bram Verbeek

We compute the complete next-to-leading order electroweak corrections to the form factors entering gluon-induced Higgs boson pair production. We consider the top quark contribution in the limit where the Mandelstam variables are much larger…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-11 Joshua Davies , Kay Schönwald , Matthias Steinhauser , Hantian Zhang

Two-loop MHV amplitudes in planar ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang Mills theory are known to exhibit many intriguing forms of cluster-algebraic structure. We leverage this structure to upgrade the symbols of the eight- and nine-particle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-14 John Golden , Andrew J. McLeod

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 loop expansion for the n-point functions of N=4 Yang-Mills theory and N=8 supergravity can be formulated as the loop expansion of scalar field theory with an infinite subclass being the ladder diagrams. We consider the sum of ladder…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-10 Howard J. Schnitzer

We present a conjecture for the normalisation of the twist two conformal partial waves in a double OPE limit of the four-point function of stress tensor multiplets in N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory up to three loops. This contains…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-07-18 Burkhard Eden

In this paper we present the complete two-loop vertex corrections to scalar and pseudo-scalar Higgs boson production for general colour factors for the gauge group ${\rm SU(N)}$ in the limit where the top quark mass gets infinite. We derive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-05 V. Ravindran , J. Smith , W. L. van Neerven

We compute the two-loop result for the null pentagonal Wilson loop with a Lagrangian insertion (normalized by the Wilson loop without insertion) in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This finite observable is closely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-04 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn

We investigate the collinear and Regge behavior of the 2 -> 4 MHV amplitude in N = 4super Yang-Mills theory in the BFKL approach. The expression for the remainder function in the collinear kinematics proposed by Alday, Gaiotto, Maldacena,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-26 J. Bartels , L. N. Lipatov , A. Prygarin