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We consider the $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal quiver gauge theory obtained by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM). By exploiting supersymmetric localization, we study the integrated correlator of two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-08 Alessandro Pini , Paolo Vallarino

We apply localization techniques to topologically $A$-twisted $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric theories of vector and chiral multiplets on $S^{2}$ and derive a novel exact formula for abelian observables, described by a distribution…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-15 Emil Hakan Leeb-Lundberg

We compute the superconformal partial waves of the four-point correlator $\langle JJJJ\rangle$, in which the external operator $J$ is the superconformal primary of the $4D$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ stress-tensor multiplet $\mathcal{J}$. We develop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-07 Zhijin Li

We compute the next-to-leading correction to the scaling dimension of large-charge operators in the $3d$ critical $O(N)$ model in a double scaling limit in which both $N$ and the operator charge $Q$ are taken to be large. When $Q \gg N$ our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-12 Nicola Andrea Dondi , Giacomo Sberveglieri

Working in the context of the proposed duality between 3D higher spin gravity and 2D W_N minimal model CFTs, we compute a class of four-point functions in the bulk and on the boundary, and demonstrate precise agreement between them. This is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Eliot Hijano , Per Kraus , Eric Perlmutter

Shape dependence of higher order correlations introduces complication in direct determination of these quantities. For this reason theoretical and observational progress has been restricted in calculating one point distribution functions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dipak Munshi , Adrian L. Melott

We compute a set of correlation functions of operator insertions on the 1/8 BPS Wilson loop in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM by employing supersymmetric localization, OPE and the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization. These correlators exhibit a simple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-09 Simone Giombi , Shota Komatsu

We consider the correlator <W_n O(x)> of a light-like polygonal Wilson loop with n cusps with a local operator (like the dilaton or the chiral primary scalar) in planar N =4 super Yang-Mills theory. As a consequence of conformal symmetry,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 L. F. Alday , E. I. Buchbinder , A. A. Tseytlin

We give a new method for computing the correlation functions of the chiral part of the stress-tensor supermultiplet that relies on the reformulation of N=4 SYM in twistor space. It yields the correlation functions in the Born approximation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-15 D. Chicherin , R. Doobary , B. Eden , P. Heslop , G. P. Korchemsky , L. Mason , E. Sokatchev

We study correlation functions in topologically twisted $\mathcal{N}=2, d=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory for gauge groups of rank larger than one on compact four-manifolds $X$. We find that the topological invariance of the generator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 Marcos Marino , Gregory Moore

We study correlators of $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS mesons in two examples of 4d SQCDs with $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal symmetry in the planar limit. We focus on the weakly coupled regime and obtain one-loop corrections to $n$-point meson…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-24 Xi-Er Du , Zhongjie Huang , Bo Wang , Ellis Ye Yuan , Xinan Zhou

Chern-Simons gauge theories coupled to massless fundamental scalars or fermions define interesting non-supersymmetric 3d CFTs that possess approximate higher-spin symmetries at large N. In this paper, we compute the scaling dimensions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-21 S. Giombi , V. Gurucharan , V. Kirilin , S. Prakash , E. Skvortsov

In this work we initiate the conformal bootstrap program for ${\mathcal N}=2$ superconformal field theories in four dimensions. We promote an abstract operator-algebraic viewpoint in order to unify the description of Lagrangian and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-25 Christopher Beem , Madalena Lemos , Pedro Liendo , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees

We report the explicit solution for the vacuum state of the two-dimensional $SU(N)$ Principal Chiral Model at large-$N$ for an arbitrary set of chemical potentials and any interaction strength, a unique result of such kind for an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-11 Vladimir Kazakov , Evgeny Sobko , Konstantin Zarembo

We find a general formula for the operator mixing on the $\mathbb{S}^4$ of chiral primary operators (CPO) for the ${\cal N}=4$ theory at large $N$ in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. As an application, we compute the correlator of a CPO and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Diego Rodriguez-Gomez , Jorge G. Russo

We use supershadow methods to derive new expressions for superconformal blocks in 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories. We analyze the four-point function $\langle\mathcal{A}_1 \mathcal{A}_2^\dagger \mathcal{B}_1…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-05 Zuhair U. Khandker , Daliang Li , David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

We study the four-point correlator $\langle \mathcal{O}_2 \mathcal{O}_2 \mathcal{D} \mathcal{D} \rangle$ in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) with $SU(N)$ gauge group, where $\mathcal{O}_2$ represents the superconformal primary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-10 Augustus Brown , Francesco Galvagno , Congkao Wen

The spectrum of chiral operators in supersymmetric quiver gauge theories is typically much larger in the free limit, where the superpotential terms vanish. We find that the finite N counting of operators in any free quiver theory, with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Jurgis Pasukonis , Sanjaye Ramgoolam

In this note we study two point functions of Coulomb branch chiral ring elements with large $R$-charge, in quantum field theories with ${\mathcal N} = 2$ superconformal symmetry in four spacetime dimensions. Focusing on the case of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-03 Simeon Hellerman , Shunsuke Maeda

Correlation functions of 1/4 BPS Wilson loops with the infinite family of 1/2 BPS chiral primary operators are computed in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory by summing planar ladder diagrams. Leading loop corrections to the sum are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Gordon W. Semenoff , Donovan Young