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We initiate a novel formalism for computing correlation functions of trace operators in the planar N=4 SYM theory. The central object in our formalism is the spin vertex, which is the weak coupling analogy of the string vertex in string…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 Yunfeng Jiang , Ivan Kostov , Andrei Petrovskii , Didina Serban

We consider correlation functions of supersymmetrized determinant operators in self-dual super Yang-Mills (SYM). These provide a generating function for correlators of arbitrary single-trace half-BPS operators, including, for appropriate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Simon Caron-Huot , Frank Coronado , Beatrix Mühlmann

We show that appropriately supersymmetrized smooth Maldacena-Wilson loop operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory are invariant under a Yangian symmetry Y[psu(2,2|4)] built upon the manifest superconformal symmetry algebra of the theory.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Dennis Muller , Hagen Munkler , Jan Plefka , Jonas Pollok , Konstantin Zarembo

In this paper we study the n-point correlation functions of two different families of local gauge invariant operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The main idea is to consider the correlation functions of operators which all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-17 Nadav Drukker , Jan Plefka

One of the most important problems in any conformal field theory is the calculation of three-point functions of primary operators. In this paper we provide explicit examples of correlators with two scalar operators in $\,{\cal N}=4$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 D. Arnaudov , R. C. Rashkov

Recently, an intriguing correspondence was conjectured in arXiv:2409.11551 between Schur half-indices of pure 4d $SU(2)$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with line operator insertions and partition functions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-24 Oscar Lewis , Mark Mezei , Matteo Sacchi , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We construct an index for BPS operators supported on a ray in five dimensional superconformal field theories with exceptional global symmetries. We compute the $E_n$ representations (for $n=2,\dots,7$) of operators of low spin, thus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-08 Chi-Ming Chang , Ori Ganor , Jihwan Oh

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

The 1/2-BPS Wilson loop in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory is an important and well-studied example of conformal defect. In particular, much work has been done for the correlation functions of operator insertions on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Simone Giombi , Jiaqi Jiang , Shota Komatsu

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

The four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory exhibits rich dynamics in the presence of codimension-one conformal defects. The new structure constants of the extended operator algebra consist of one-point functions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Shota Komatsu , Yifan Wang

We analyze the line defect correlation functions decorating the supersymmetric indices of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups. We obtain exact closed-form expressions for the correlators by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 Yasuyuki Hatsuda , Hai Lin , Tadashi Okazaki

The symmetry operator $Q=Y^2$ is introduced to re-describe the Heisenberg spin triangles in the \{V6\} molecule, where $\mathbf{Y}$ stands for the Yangian operator which can be viewed as special form of Dzyaloshiky-Moriya (DM) interaction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-19 Xu-Biao Peng , Cheng-Ming Bai , Mo-Lin Ge

Various recently developed connections between supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in four dimensions and two dimensional integrable systems serve as crucial ingredients in improving our understanding of the AdS/CFT correspondence. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Abhishek Agarwal

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

In this thesis, we study the integrands of a special four-point correlation function formed of protected half-BPS operators and scattering amplitudes in planar supersymmetric $\mathcal{N}=4$ Yang-Mills. We use the `soft-collinear bootstrap'…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-07 Vuong-Viet Tran

We consider limits of $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory that approach BPS bounds. These limits result in non-relativistic theories that describe the effective dynamics near the BPS bounds and upon quantization are known as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-28 Stefano Baiguera , Troels Harmark , Yang Lei

We study three-point correlation functions of local operators in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM at weak coupling using integrability. We consider correlation functions involving two scalar BPS operators and an operator with spin, in the so…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Pedro Vieira , Tianheng Wang

We perform a numerical bootstrap study of the mixed correlator system containing the half-BPS operators of dimension two and three in $\mathcal N = 4$ Super Yang-Mills. This setup improves on previous works in the literature that only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-02 Agnese Bissi , Andrea Manenti , Alessandro Vichi

The goal of this paper is to study the BMN correspondence in the fermionic sector. On the field theory side, we compute matrix elements of the dilatation operator in N=4 Super Yang-Mills for BMN operators containing two fermion impurities.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 George Georgiou , Gabriele Travaglini