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We study supersymmetric 't Hooft loop operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills, generalizing the well-known circular 1/2 BPS case and investigating their S-duality properties. We derive the BPS condition for a generic line operator describing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-30 Fabrizio Pucci

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

Starting with some known localization (matrix model) representations for correlators involving 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop $\cal W$ in ${\cal N}=4$ SYM theory we work out their $1/N$ expansions in the limit of large 't Hooft coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-27 Matteo Beccaria , Arkady A. Tseytlin

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 consider heavy-heavy-light-light (HHLL) correlators in AdS/CFT, focussing on the D1D5 CFT$_2$ and the ${\cal N}= 4$ super Yang-Mills theory. Out of the lightest $1/2$-BPS operator in the spectrum, $O$, we construct a particular heavy…

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

We study the giant graviton integrated correlator in SU$(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills at finite complexified coupling $\tau$. Despite the formidable complexity arising from the heavy nature of the operators considered, the large-$N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-23 Augustus Brown , Daniele Dorigoni , Congkao Wen

We consider a new large-N limit, in which the 't Hooft coupling grows with N. We argue that a class of large-N equivalences, which is known to hold in the 't Hooft limit, can be extended to this very strongly coupled limit. Hence this limit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-07-31 Mitsutoshi Fujita , Masanori Hanada , Carlos Hoyos

We study two-point functions of single-trace half-BPS operators in the presence of a supersymmetric Wilson line in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. We use inversion formula technology in order to reconstruct the CFT data starting from a single…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-30 Julien Barrat , Aleix Gimenez-Grau , Pedro Liendo

We construct a class of operators, given by Schur polynomials, in ABJM theory. By computing two point functions at finite $N$ we confirm these are diagonal for this class of operators in the free field limit. We also calculate exact three…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Tanay K. Dey

We consider the so-called simplest correlation function of four infinitely heavy half-BPS operators in planar N=4 SYM in the limit when the operators are light-like separated in a sequential manner. We find a closed-form expression for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 A. V. Belitsky , G. P. Korchemsky

We study the large-charge sector of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) with $SU(N)$ gauge group by constructing a special class of half-BPS heavy operators, termed "canonical operators". Such operators exhibit remarkable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 Augustus Brown , Francesco Galvagno , Alba Grassi , Cristoforo Iossa , Congkao Wen

We consider a set of half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory which are appropriate for describing single-particle states of superstring theory on AdS${}_5 \times S^5$. These single-particle operators are defined to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 F. Aprile , J. M. Drummond , P. Heslop , H. Paul , F. Sanfilippo , M. Santagata , A. Stewart

In four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $SU(N)$, we present a closed-form solution for a family of integrated four-point functions involving stress tensor multiplet composites of arbitrary R-charge.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-24 Hynek Paul , Eric Perlmutter , Himanshu Raj

We extend the recent conjecture on the relation between a certain 1/8 BPS subsector of 4d N=4 SYM on S^2 and 2d Yang-Mills theory by turning on circular 1/2 BPS 't Hooft operators linked with S^2. We show that localization predicts that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-24 Simone Giombi , Vasily Pestun

We study the connected correlator of 1/2 BPS winding Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ $U(N)$ super Yang-Mills theory, where those Wilson loops are on top of each other along the same circle. We find the exact finite $N$ expression of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Kazumi Okuyama

We present a comprehensive two-loop computation of correlation functions involving two maximal giant gravitons and two arbitrary $R$-charge single-trace half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory. By combining the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-30 Yu Wu , Yunfeng Jiang , Chang Liu , Yang Zhang

We consider the defect CFT defined by a 't Hooft line embedded in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. By explicitly quantizing around the given background we exactly reproduce a prediction from S-duality for the correlators between the 't Hooft…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-29 Charlotte Kristjansen , Konstantin Zarembo

The large N limit of the anomalous dimensions of operators in ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory described by restricted Schur polynomials, are studied. We focus on operators labeled by Young diagrams that have two columns (both long) so…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-16 Vincent De Comarmond , Robert de Mello Koch , Katherine Jefferies

We study integrated correlation functions of half-BPS operators in $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (SYM) involving two superconformal primary operators in the stress-tensor multiplet and two identical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Francesco Aprile , Daniele Dorigoni , Rudolfs Treilis

We study the correlation functions of Coulomb branch operators of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N} = 2$ Superconformal Field Theories (SCFTs). We focus on rank-one theories, such as the SU(2) gauge theory with four fundamental hypermultiplets.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-23 Alba Grassi , Zohar Komargodski , Luigi Tizzano