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In this work, we compute the two-loop result of the null hexagonal Wilson loop with a Lagrangian insertion in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory via a bootstrap approach. Normalized by the null polygonal Wilson loop itself,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-05 Sérgio Carrôlo , Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Qinglin Yang , Yang Zhang

We consider the hexagonal Wilson loop dual to the six-point MHV amplitude in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. We apply constraints from the operator product expansion in the near-collinear limit to the symbol of the remainder function at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Lance J. Dixon , James M. Drummond , Johannes M. Henn

We compute three-loop corrections of $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_{s}^3)$ to form factors with one massive and one massless quark coupling to an external vector, axialvector, scalar, pseudoscalar, or tensor current. We obtain analytic results for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-24 Matteo Fael , Tobias Huber , Fabian Lange , Jakob Müller , Kay Schönwald , Matthias Steinhauser

We develop bootstrap methods for mixed heavy-light four-point correlators $\langle GGOO\rangle$ in $\mathcal N=4$ super-Yang--Mills theory at large $N$, where $O\equiv {\cal O}_2$ is the chiral primary operator in the stress-tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-18 Song He , Canxin Shi , Yichao Tang , Congkao Wen

In the framework of the semiclassical approach, we compute the normalized structure constants in three-point correlation functions, when two of the vertex operators correspond to heavy string states, while the third vertex corresponds to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-06 Plamen Bozhilov

We study Heavy-Heavy-Light-Light (HHLL) correlators $\langle \mathcal{H} \mathcal{H} \mathcal{O}_2 \mathcal{O}_2 \rangle$ in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory with $SU(N)$ gauge group at generic $N$. The light operator $\mathcal{O}_2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-23 Augustus Brown , Francesco Galvagno , Congkao Wen

In the framework of the semiclassical approach, we compute the normalized structure constants in three-point correlation functions, when two of the vertex operators correspond to "heavy" string states, while the third vertex corresponds to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Plamen Bozhilov

We compute the two-loop four-point MHV form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM). This form factor is analogous to the Higgs plus four-gluon amplitudes in the heavy-top limit of QCD when…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Yuanhong Guo , Lei Wang , Gang Yang , YiXiong Yin

We study 7D maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on 3-Sasakian manifolds. For manifolds whose hyper-K\"ahler cones are hypertoric we derive the perturbative part of the partition function. The answer involves a special function that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 Nikolaos Iakovidis , Jian Qiu , Andreas Rocén , Maxim Zabzine

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

We study heavy-light four-point function by employing Lorentzian inversion formula, where the conformal dimension of heavy operator is as large as central charge $C_T\rightarrow\infty$. We implement the Lorentzian inversion formula back and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Yue-Zhou Li

We continue the study of four-point correlation functions by the hexagon tessellation approach initiated in 1611.05436 and 1611.05577. We consider planar tree-level correlation functions in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Burkhard Eden , Yunfeng Jiang , Dennis le Plat , Alessandro Sfondrini

We study the large-charge sector of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) with $SU(N)$ gauge group by constructing a special class of half-BPS heavy operators, termed "canonical operators". Such operators exhibit remarkable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 Augustus Brown , Francesco Galvagno , Alba Grassi , Cristoforo Iossa , Congkao Wen

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 report on a systematic perturbative study of three-point functions in planar SU(N) N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at the one-loop level involving scalar field operators up to length five. For this we have computed a sample of 40 structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 George Georgiou , Valeria Gili , Andre Grossardt , Jan Plefka

We propose an integrability approach for planar three-point functions at finite coupling in $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories obtained as $\mathbb{Z}_K$ orbifolds of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM). Generalizing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-08 Gwenaël Ferrando , Shota Komatsu , Gabriel Lefundes , Didina Serban

We compute for the first time the two-loop corrections to arbitrary n-gon lightlike Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, using efficient numerical methods. The calculation is motivated by the remarkable agreement between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-06-29 Charalampos Anastasiou , Andreas Brandhuber , Paul Heslop , Valentin V. Khoze , Bill Spence , Gabriele Travaglini

We obtain for the first time the analytic two-loop four-point MHV lightlike form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM where the momentum $q$ carried by the operator is taken to be massless. Remarkably, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Yuanhong Guo , Lei Wang , Gang Yang

We reformulate the heptagon cluster bootstrap to take advantage of the Steinmann relations, which require certain double discontinuities of any amplitude to vanish. These constraints vastly reduce the number of functions needed to bootstrap…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-05 Lance J. Dixon , James Drummond , Thomas Harrington , Andrew J. McLeod , Georgios Papathanasiou , Marcus Spradlin

We evaluated all two loop conformal integrals appearing in five point correlation functions of protected operators of $\mathcal{N} = 4$ Super Yang-Mills in several kinematical regimes. Starting from the correlation function of the lightest…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-12 Carlos Bercini , Bruno Fernandes , Vasco Gonçalves