English
Related papers

Related papers: Octagons II: Strong Coupling

200 papers

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

In the planar N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at weak coupling, we perform the first analytic computation of a two-loop eight-edged Wilson loop embedded into the boundary of AdS3. Its remainder function is given as a function of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Vittorio Del Duca , Claude Duhr , Vladimir A. Smirnov

A broad class of observables in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ and $\mathcal{N}=4$ superconformal Yang-Mills theories can be exactly computed for arbitrary 't Hooft coupling as Fredholm determinants of integrable Bessel operators. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-09 Zoltan Bajnok , Bercel Boldis , Gregory P. Korchemsky

We provide a quantum path integral definition of an 't Hooft loop operator, which inserts a pointlike monopole in a four dimensional gauge theory. We explicitly compute the expectation value of the circular 't Hooft operators in N=4 super…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-01 Jaume Gomis , Takuya Okuda , Diego Trancanelli

We consider the four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills with gauge group $SU(2N)$. We study the integrated correlator between a half-BPS Wilson line and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-09 Alessandro Pini

We consider the $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_M$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory. Over the years, exploiting supersymmetric localization, exact expressions for several observables have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-06 Pieter-Jan De Smet , Alessandro Pini , Paolo Vallarino

Besides solving the spectral problem of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory, integrability also provides us with tools to compute the structure constants of the theory, most prominently through the hexagon formalism. We show that,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-20 Dennis le Plat , Torben Skrzypek

We study the structure constants of two conformal primary operators and one spinning operator in planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory using the hexagon formalism. By analytically continuing in the spin, we derive a formula for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-11 Benjamin Basso , Alessandro Georgoudis

We propose a new framework for computing three-point functions in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills where these correlators take the form of multiple integrals of Separation of Variables type. We test this formalism at weak coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-24 Carlos Bercini , Alexandre Homrich , Pedro Vieira

We compute dual-conformally invariant ladder integrals that are capped off by pentagons at each end of the ladder. Such integrals appear in six-point amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. We provide exact, finite-coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Simon Caron-Huot , Lance J. Dixon , Matt von Hippel , Andrew J. McLeod , Georgios Papathanasiou

We compute correlation functions of protected primaries on the $1/2$-BPS Wilson loop in ${\cal N}$ = 4 super Yang-Mills theory at weak coupling. We first perform direct perturbative computation at one loop in the planar limit and present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Naoki Kiryu , Shota Komatsu

In this work, we compute one-loop planar five-point functions in $\mathcal{N}$=4 super-Yang-Mills using integrability. As in the previous work, we decompose the correlation functions into hexagon form factors and glue them using the weight…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Thiago Fleury , Shota Komatsu

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

We consider strong 't Hooft coupling expansion in special four-dimensional $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal models that are planar-equivalent to $\mathcal N=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. Various observables in these models that admit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-21 M. Beccaria , G. P. Korchemsky , A. A. Tseytlin

Correlation functions of gauge-invariant composite operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory can be computed by integrability using triangulations. The elementary tile in this process is the hexagon, which should be glued by appropriately…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-30 Marius de Leeuw , Burkhard Eden , Dennis le Plat , Tim Meier , Alessandro Sfondrini

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

In this paper I continue the program of studying the strong coupling expansion of certain observables in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which are given by a determinant with a matrix Bessel kernel. I show that, by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-29 Bercel Boldis

We use hexagonalization to compute four-point correlation functions of long BPS operators with special R-charge polarizations. We perform the computation at weak coupling and show that at any loop order our correlators can be expressed in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Frank Coronado

We present the full form of a four-point correlation function of large BPS operators in planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills to any loop order. We do this by following a bootstrap philosophy based on three simple axioms pertaining to (i) the space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-06 Frank Coronado

We evaluated all two loop conformal integrals appearing in five point correlation functions of protected operators of $\mathcal{N} = 4$ Super Yang-Mills in several kinematical regimes. Starting from the correlation function of the lightest…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-12 Carlos Bercini , Bruno Fernandes , Vasco Gonçalves