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We study correlators of null, $n$-sided polygonal Wilson loops with a Lagrangian insertion in the planar limit of the ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This finite observable is closely related to loop integrands of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-24 Taro V. Brown , Johannes M. Henn , Elia Mazzucchelli , Jaroslav Trnka

We study stringy fluctuations as a source for corrections to the Wilson loop as obtained from the superstrings on (adS_5 x S^5)/ N=4 SYM correspondence. We give a formal expression in terms of determinants of two dimensional operators for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Stefan Forste , Debashis Ghoshal , Stefan Theisen

We investigate elliptical Wilson loops in ${\cal N}=4$ Super Yang--Mills theory at weak and strong coupling for small values of the eccentricity. We obtain analytical results for the vacuum expectation value of the Wilson loop in the form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 Thales Azevedo , Alfonso Ballon-Bayona , Leonardo Pazito

We derive the loop equations for the one Hermitian matrix model in any dimension. These are a consequence of the Schwinger-Dyson equations of the model. Moreover we show that in leading order of large $N$ the loop equations form a closed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Alfaro

Motivated by the problem of understanding 3-point correlation functions of gauge-invariant operators in N =4 super Yang-Mills theory we consider correlators involving Wilson loops and a "light" operator with fixed quantum numbers. At…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-04-19 Luis F. Alday , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We give a simple diagrammatic algorithm for writing the chiral large $N$ expansion of intersecting Wilson loops in $2D$ $SU(N)$ and $U(N) $Yang Mills theory in terms of symmetric groups, generalizing the result of Gross and Taylor for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Sanjaye Ramgoolam

We continue our study of the correlators of a recently discovered family of BPS Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric U(N) Yang-Mills theory. We perform explicit computations at weak coupling by means of analytical and numerical methods…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-23 Antonio Bassetto , Luca Griguolo , Fabrizio Pucci , Domenico Seminara , Shiyamala Thambyahpillai , Donovan Young

We study the large $N$ and large representation limits of the Schur line defect correlators of the Wilson line operators transforming in the (anti)symmetric, hook and rectangular representations for $\mathcal{N}=4$ $U(N)$ super Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-19 Yasuyuki Hatsuda , Tadashi Okazaki

Compact expressions in terms of the Q-functions of the Quantum Spectral Curve are given for 3-cusped fundamental Wilson loops in the ladders limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills with additional scalars inserted at a cusp between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 Joseph McGovern

We consider the duality between the four-dimensional S-matrix of planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and the expectation value of polygonal shaped Wilson loops in the same theory. We extend the duality to amplitudes with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 Simon Caron-Huot

We study perturbative aspects of recently proposed integrated four-point correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills with all classical gauge groups using standard Feynman diagram computations. We argue that perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-08 Congkao Wen , Shun-Qing Zhang

We study $\frac{1}{4}$-BPS Wilson loops in four-dimensional SU$(N$) ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ super-Yang-Mills theories with conformal matter in an arbitrary representation $\mathcal{R}$. These operators are formed of two meridians on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini , Alessandro Testa

We study the $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS circular Wilson loop in the totally antisymmetric representation of the gauge group in $\mathcal N =4 $ supersymmetric Yang-Mills. This observable is captured by a Gaussian matrix model with appropriate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 James Gordon

We study the correlation function of two circular Wilson loops at strong coupling in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, the problem maps to finding the minimal surface between two circles defined on the boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Amit Dekel , Thomas Klose

We consider the vacuum expectation values of 1/2-BPS circular Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in the totally antisymmetric representation of the gauge group U(N) or SU(N). Localization and matrix model techniques provide exact,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-29 Anthonny F. Canazas Garay , Alberto Faraggi , Wolfgang Mück

We consider two four-dimensional gauge theories with gauge group $SU(N)$: the $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills (SYM) theory and the $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory obtained as a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-15 Lorenzo De Lillo , Alessandro Pini

We derive the loop equations for the d-dimensional n-Hermitian matrix model. These are a consequence of the Schwinger-Dyson equations of the model. Moreover we show that in leading order of large $N$ the loop equations form a closed set. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Alfaro

We present a two-loop calculation of the supersymmetric circular Wilson loop in the N=2* super Yang-Mills theory on the four-sphere. We develop an efficient framework for computing contributing Feynman graphs that relies on using the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-28 A. V. Belitsky , G. P. Korchemsky

It is well-known that the expectation values of null polygonal Wilson loops computed in planar \(\mathcal{N}=4\) super Yang-Mills theory are dual to MHV amplitudes in that theory, and moreover that the duality can be extended to higher…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-16 James Drummond , Ömer Gürdoğan , Matthew Rochford , Rowan Wright

We study insertions of composite operators into Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. The loops follow a circular or straight path and the composite insertions transform in the adjoint representation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Nadav Drukker , Shoichi Kawamoto