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In the planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, the conformal symmetry constrains multi-loop n-edged Wilson loops to be basically given in terms of the one-loop n-edged Wilson loop, augmented, for n greater than 6, by a function of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Vittorio Del Duca , Claude Duhr , Vladimir A. Smirnov

We consider 1/2 BPS supersymmetric circular Wilson loops in four-dimensional N=2 SU(N) SYM theories with massless matter content and non-vanishing beta-function. Following Pestun's approach, we can use supersymmetric localization on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-20 M. Billo' , L. Griguolo , A. Testa

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 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

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 give a path integral derivation of the annulus diagram in a supersymmetric theory of open and closed strings with Dbranes. We compute the pair correlation function of Wilson loops in the generic weakly coupled supersymmetric flat…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Shyamoli Chaudhuri , Eric G. Novak

In the context of integrated correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM, we study the 2-point functions of local operators with a superconformal line defect. Starting from the mass-deformed $\mathcal{N}=2^*$ theory in presence of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-30 M. Billo' , M. Frau , F. Galvagno , A. Lerda

We study correlation functions of Wilson loops and local operators in a subsector of N=4 SYM which preserves two supercharges. Localization arguments allow to map the problem to a calculation in bosonic two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Simone Giombi , Vasily Pestun

We work out the map between null polygonal hexagonal Wilson loops and spinning three point functions in large $N$ conformal gauge theories by mapping the variables describing the two different physical quantities and by working out the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-10 Carlos Bercini , Vasco Gonçalves , Alexandre Homrich , Pedro Vieira

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 correlators of two circular Wilson loops of different radii at strong coupling. In our setup one Wilson loop is located inside the other. We use holography to calculate the connected two-point function. Both an AdS background…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-16 Adi Armoni , Maurizio Piai , Ali Teimouri

We compute the expectation value of the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop in ABJM theory at two loops in perturbation theory. The result shows perfect agreement with the prediction from localization and the proposed framing factor.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-09 Marco S. Bianchi , Gaston Giribet , Matias Leoni , Silvia Penati

Traditionally, the duality between Wilson loops and amplitudes beyond one loop in N=4 SYM is characterised by the remainder function. Because of the perturbative origins of the BDS expression, the remainder function is more natural at weak…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Paul Heslop , Valentin V. Khoze

In the context of planar conformal gauge theory, we study five-point correlation functions between the interaction Lagrangian and four of the lightest single-trace, gauge-invariant scalar primaries. After performing two light-cone OPEs, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-16 Till Bargheer , Carlos Bercini , Bruno Fernandes , Vasco Gonçalves , Jeremy Mann

We consider the ratio of the correlation function of n+1 local operators over the correlator of the first n of these operators in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, and consider the limit where the first n operators become pairwise null…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Tim Adamo

We compute the expectation value of the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop operator in ABJ(M) theory at two loops in perturbation theory. Our result turns out to be in exact agreement with the weak coupling limit of the prediction coming from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-03-12 Marco S. Bianchi , Gaston Giribet , Matias Leoni , Silvia Penati

We consider higher-point generalizations of the "octagon" large-charge four-point function in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. These n-point polygon correlators are defined as ten-dimensional null limits of generating functions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-23 Till Bargheer , Albert Bekov , Carlos Bercini , Frank Coronado

We use supersymmetric localization to study probes of four dimensional Lagrangian N=2 superconformal field theories. We first derive a unique equation for the eigenvalue density of these theories. We observe that these theories have a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Bartomeu Fiol , Blai Garolera , Genis Torrents

We analyze correlation functions of Wilson loop observables and local vertex operators within the strong-coupling regime of the AdS/CFT correspondence. When the local operator corresponds to a light string state with finite conserved…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Rafael Hernandez

We perform exact computations of correlation functions of 1/2-BPS local operators and protected operator insertions on the 1/8-BPS Wilson loop in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. This generalizes the results of our previous paper arXiv:1802.05201,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-22 Simone Giombi , Shota Komatsu