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We present a new, two-parameter family of string solutions corresponding to the holographic duals of specific 1/8-BPS Wilson loops on S^2 in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The solutions are obtained using the dressing method on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-09 Chrysostomos Kalousios , Donovan Young

We find a new solution of Type IIB supergravity which represents a collection of D5 branes wrapped on the topologically non-trivial S^3 of the deformed conifold geometry T^*S^3. The Type IIB solution is obtained by lifting a new solution of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Jaume Gomis , Jorge G. Russo

We study the circular Wilson loop in the symmetric representation of U(N) in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM). In the large N limit, we computed the exponentially-suppressed corrections for strong coupling, which suggests…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-11 Xinyi Chen-Lin

We find the warped AdS_4 x K type-IIB supergravity solutions holographically dual to a large family of three dimensional \cN=4 superconformal field theories labeled by a pair (\rho,\hat\rho) of partitions of N. These superconformal theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Benjamin Assel , Costas Bachas , John Estes , Jaume Gomis

We consider the four-point function of the stress tensor multiplet superprimary in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) with gauge group $SU(N)$ in the large $N$ and large 't Hooft coupling $\lambda\equiv g_\text{YM}^2N$ limit, which is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-26 Shai M. Chester

The planar N=2* Super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory is solved at large 't Hooft coupling using localization on S(4). The solution permits detailed investigation of the resonance phenomena responsible for quantum phase transitions in infinite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Xinyi Chen-Lin , James Gordon , Konstantin Zarembo

We study correlation functions of local operators and Wilson loop expectation values in the planar limit of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal ${\rm SU}(N)$ YM theory with hypermultiplets in the symmetric and antisymmetric representations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-06 Nikolay Bobev , Pieter-Jan De Smet , Xuao Zhang

In the prototypical AdS$_5$/CFT$_4$ correspondence, the free energy of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SU$(N)$ super Yang-Mills theory is commonly reproduced from the Euclidean on-shell action of five-dimensional gauged supergravity -- a consistent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-23 Soumya Adhikari , Junho Hong , Chanyoung Joung , Geum Lee

Gauge theory/string theory holographic correspondence for ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory is well under control in the planar limit, and for large (infinitely large) 't Hooft coupling, $\lambda\to \infty$. Certain aspects of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-03 Alex Buchel

We study ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory compactified on a circle at zero temperature, with VEVs for two scalar bilinears and three independent current sources. We show that type IIB supergravity provides a complete holographic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-20 Andrés Anabalón , Horatiu Nastase , Carlos Nunez , Marcelo Oyarzo , Ricardo Stuardo

For ${\cal N}=2^*$ theory with $U(N)$ gauge group we evaluate expectation values of Wilson loops in representations described by a rectangular Young tableau with $n$ rows and $k$ columns. The evaluation reduces to a two-matrix model and we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 James T. Liu , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Shan Zhou

We review the background field method for general N = 2 super Yang-Mills theories formulated in the N = 2 harmonic superspace. The covariant harmonic supergraph technique is then applied to rigorously prove the N=2 non-renormalization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Ioseph Buchbinder , Sergei Kuzenko , Burt Ovrut

Using twistor string theory, we engineer a gravitational holographic dual of the self-dual sector of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. This provides a top-down example of holography at zero 't Hooft coupling. Our holographic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-05 Atul Sharma , David Skinner

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 compute $1/\lambda$ corrections to the four-point functions of half-BPS operators in $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at large $N$ and large 't Hooft coupling $\lambda=g_\text{YM}^2 N$ using two methods. Firstly, we relate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Damon J. Binder , Shai M. Chester , Silviu S. Pufu , Yifan Wang

We study the relation between 5D super Yang-Mills theory and the holographic description of 6D (2,0) superconformal theory. We start by clarifying some issues related to the localization of N=1 SYM with matter on $S^5$. We concentrate on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-19 Joseph A. Minahan , Anton Nedelin , Maxim Zabzine

We precisely reproduce the perimeter law obeyed by Wilson loops on large spatial contours in planar N=2 SYM at strong coupling, as recently deduced using localization, by means of a dual holographic model. The relevant supergravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-18 Francesco Bigazzi , Aldo L. Cotrone , Luca Griguolo , Domenico Seminara

We consider the 2nd integrated correlators of ${\cal N}=4$, $D=4$ super Yang-Mills theory, especially those which can be associated with ${\cal N}=1^*$ mass-deformed theories. We provide an analytic derivation of the integrals at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-03 Nakwoo Kim , Hoseob Shin

Using holography, we study the collision of planar shock waves in strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This requires the numerical solution of a dual gravitational initial value problem in asymptotically anti-de Sitter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-02 Paul M. Chesler , Laurence G. Yaffe

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