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We use a combination of perturbation theory, holography, supersymmetric localization, integrability, and numerical conformal bootstrap methods to constrain the energy-energy correlator in $\text{SU}(N_c)$ ${\mathcal N}=4$ SYM at finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Ross Dempsey , Robin Karlsson , Silviu S. Pufu , Zahra Zahraee , Alexander Zhiboedov

We consider the universal behavior of half-BPS correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills in the cusp limit where two consecutive separations $x_{12}^2,x_{23}^2$ become lightlike. Through the Lagrangian insertion procedure, the Sudakov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-18 Song He , Canxin Shi , Yichao Tang , Yao-Qi Zhang

We derive analytic results for the symbol of certain two-loop Feynman integrals relevant for seven- and eight-point two-loop scattering amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang--Mills theory. We use a bootstrap inspired strategy,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Johannes Henn , Enrico Herrmann , Julio Parra-Martinez

We study the defect CFT associated with the half-BPS Wilson line in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. Using a perturbative bootstrap approach, we derive new analytical results for multipoint correlators of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Daniele Artico , Julien Barrat , Giulia Peveri

We study the four-point function of the lowest-lying half-BPS operators in the ${\cal N} =4$ $SU(N)$ super-Yang-Mills theory and its relation to the flat-space four-graviton amplitude in type IIB superstring theory. We work in a large-$N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Shai M. Chester , Michael B. Green , Silviu S. Pufu , Yifan Wang , Congkao Wen

We propose a bootstrap program for the {\it form factor squared} with operator ${\rm tr}(\phi^2)$ in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in the planar limit, which plays a central role for perturbative calculations of important…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-10 Song He , Xiang Li , Jingwen Lin , Jiahao Liu , Kai Yan

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

We consider structure constants of single trace operators in planar $\mathcal{N}$ = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory within the hexagon framework. The standard procedure for forming a three point function out of two hexagons develops divergences…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Benjamin Basso , Vasco Goncalves , Shota Komatsu

The analytic structure of scattering amplitudes is restricted by Steinmann relations, which enforce the vanishing of certain discontinuities of discontinuities. We show that these relations dramatically simplify the function space for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-14 Simon Caron-Huot , Lance J. Dixon , Andrew McLeod , Matt von Hippel

We use the superconformal bootstrap to derive exact relations between OPE coefficients in three-dimensional superconformal field theories with ${\cal N} \geq 4$ supersymmetry. These relations follow from a consistent truncation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Shai M. Chester , Jaehoon Lee , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

We bootstrap the three-point form factor of the chiral stress-tensor multiplet in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at six, seven, and eight loops, using boundary data from the form factor operator product expansion.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-21 Lance J. Dixon , Omer Gurdogan , Andrew J. McLeod , Matthias Wilhelm

We compute 4-point correlators in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ $SU(N)$ Super-Yang-Mills with both single and double-particle $1/2$-BPS operators in the regime of large 't Hooft coupling and large $N$. In particular we give explicit expressions up to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-18 Francesco Aprile , Stefano Giusto , Rodolfo Russo

We introduce a nonperturbative approach to correlation functions of two determinant operators and one non-protected single-trace operator in planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Based on the gauge/string duality, we propose that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-13 Yunfeng Jiang , Shota Komatsu , Edoardo Vescovi

The dilatation operator of planar N=4 super Yang-Mills in the pure scalar SO(6) sector is derived at the two-loop order. Representation theory allows for eight free coefficients in an ansatz for the corresponding spin-chain hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 George Georgiou , Valeria Gili , Jan Plefka

Basso, Komatsu and Vieira recently proposed an all-loop framework for the computation of three-point functions of single-trace operators of ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills, the "hexagon program". This proposal results in several remarkable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Burkhard Eden , Alessandro Sfondrini

We study integrated correlators of four superconformal primaries $\mathcal{O}_{p}$ with arbitrary charges $p$ in $\mathcal{N}{=}4$ super Yang-Mills theory (SYM). The $ \langle \mathcal{O}_{2} \mathcal{O}_{2} \mathcal{O}_{p} \mathcal{O}_{p}…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-20 Augustus Brown , Paul Heslop , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

We study five-point off-shell conformal integrals and the associated half-BPS correlation functions at two loops in the 't Hooft coupling expansion of maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. We construct a basis of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-14 Chia-Kai Kuo , Qinglin Yang

We study the $SU(\infty)$ lattice Yang-Mills theory at the dimensions $D=2,3,4$ via the numerical bootstrap method. It combines the Makeenko-Migdal loop equations, with a cut-off $L_{\mathrm{max}}$ on the maximal length of loops, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-28 Vladimir Kazakov , Zechuan Zheng

The three-loop four-point function of stress-tensor multiplets in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory contains two so far unknown, off-shell, conformal integrals, in addition to the known, ladder-type integrals. In this paper we evaluate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 James Drummond , Claude Duhr , Burkhard Eden , Paul Heslop , Jeffrey Pennington , Vladimir A. Smirnov

We extend the hexagon function bootstrap to the next-to-maximally-helicity-violating (NMHV) configuration for six-point scattering in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at three loops. Constraints from the $\bar{Q}$ differential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-13 Lance J. Dixon , Matt von Hippel