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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 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 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 supersymmetric Wilson loop operator for 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills theory which is the natural object dual to the AdS_5 x S^5 superstring in the AdS/CFT correspondence. It generalizes the traditional bosonic 1/2 BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-05 Niklas Beisert , Dennis Muller , Jan Plefka , Cristian Vergu

We prove the convergence in probability of Wilson loops under the Yang-Mills measure on any closed, orientable surface of genus larger than two, for large unitary or special unitary groups. Our approach revisits and refines recent arguments…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Antoine Dahlqvist

We perform Monte Carlo calculation of correlation functions in 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills theory on R*S^3 in the planar limit. In order to circumvent the well-known problem of lattice SUSY, we adopt the idea of a novel large-N reduction, which…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-11-18 Masazumi Honda , Goro Ishiki , Sang-Woo Kim , Jun Nishimura , Asato Tsuchiya

We set up a systematic expansion of the prepotential for ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with SU(N) gauge group in the region of strong coupling where a maximal number of mutually local fields become massless. In particular,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Eric D'Hoker , D. H. Phong

We give a sum over weighted planar surfaces formula for Wilson loop expectations in the large-$N$ limit of strongly coupled lattice Yang-Mills theory, in any dimension. The weights of each surface are simple and expressed in terms of…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Jacopo Borga , Sky Cao , Jasper Shogren-Knaak

We prove the existence of a 1/N expansion in unitary multimatrix models which are Gibbs perturbations of the Haar measure, and express the expansion coefficients recursively in terms of the unique solution of a noncommutative initial value…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Alice Guionnet , Jonathan Novak

We prove that in the limit when its insertion points become pairwise null-separated, the ratio of certain n-point correlation functions in N=4 SYM is equal to a supersymmetric Wilson loop on twistor space, acting in the adjoint…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Tim Adamo , Mathew Bullimore , Lionel Mason , David Skinner

We compute the coefficients of an infinite family of chiral primary operators in the local operator expansion of a circular Wilson loop in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The computation sums all planar rainbow Feynman graphs. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Gordon W. Semenoff , K. Zarembo

In a certain (non-commutative) version of large-N SU(N) Yang-Mills theory there are special Wilson loops, called twistor Wilson loops for geometrical reasons, whose v.e.v. is independent on the parameter that occurs in their operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-23 Marco Bochicchio

We study gluon scattering amplitudes/Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at strong coupling which correspond to minimal surfaces with a light-like polygonal boundary in AdS_3. We find a concise expression of the remainder function…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Yasuyuki Hatsuda , Katsushi Ito , Yuji Satoh

We present an ansatz for the planar five-loop four-point amplitude in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of loop integrals. This ansatz exploits the recently observed correspondence between integrals with simple conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , J. J. M. Carrasco , H. Johansson , D. A. Kosower

We study the supersymmetric circular Wilson loops of N=4 super Yang-Mills in large representations of the gauge group. In particular, we obtain the spectral curves of the matrix model which captures the expectation value of the loops. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-20 Takuya Okuda , Diego Trancanelli

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 analyze the operator product expansion T_{\mu \nu}(z) W[C] in N=4 4-dimensional Super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with U(N) gauge group, and clarify that the closed Wilson loop does not possess an anomalous dimension and that only the shape…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Takehiro Azuma , Hikaru Kawai

We give a representation of the parity-even part of the planar two-loop six-gluon MHV amplitude of N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, in terms of loop-momentum integrals with simple dual conformal properties. We evaluate the integrals numerically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , L. J. Dixon , D. A. Kosower , R. Roiban , M. Spradlin , C. Vergu , A. Volovich

We study the large N asymptotics of the Brownian motions on the orthogonal, unitary and symplectic groups, extend the convergence in non-commutative distribution originally obtained by Biane for the unitary Brownian motion to the orthogonal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-12 Thierry Lévy

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