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We present a systematic framework for the maximally-transcendental part of planar QCD scattering amplitudes and perform the first bootstrap computation of six-gluon MHV amplitudes in massless QCD at the symbol level. By analyzing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Sérgio Carrôlo , Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Qinglin Yang , Yang Zhang

We introduce two new graphical-level relations among possible contributions to the four-point correlation function and scattering amplitude in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. When combined with the rung rule, these prove…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Paul Heslop , Vuong-Viet Tran

We compute the complete non-planar integrand for the correlation function of four lightest scalar operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at five-loop order. This is equivalent to the super-correlator of nine stress-tensor multiplets in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-11 Till Bargheer , Albert Bekov

In this PhD thesis we extend the twistor formalism to encompass (partially) off-shell quantities. We describe all gauge-invariant local composite operators in twistor space and show that they immediately generate all tree-level form factors…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-12-21 Laura Koster

We consider the hexagonal Wilson loop dual to the six-point MHV amplitude in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. We apply constraints from the operator product expansion in the near-collinear limit to the symbol of the remainder function at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Lance J. Dixon , James M. Drummond , Johannes M. Henn

We prove the principle of maximal transcendentality for a class of form factors, including the general two-loop minimal form factors, the two-loop three-point form factor of ${\rm tr}(F^2)$, and the two-loop four-point form factor of ${\rm…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-09 Yuanhong Guo , Qingjun Jin , Lei Wang , Gang Yang

Integrated correlator of four superconformal stress-tensor primaries in $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM) theory in the perturbative limit takes a remarkably simple form, where the $L$-loop coefficient is given by a rational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-21 Shun-Qing Zhang

We compute two-loop form factors of operators in the $SU(2|3)$ closed subsector of $N=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills. In particular, we focus on the non-protected, dimension-three operators $\mathrm{Tr} (X[Y,Z])$ and $\mathrm{Tr} ( \psi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-27 Andreas Brandhuber , Martyna Kostacinska , Brenda Penante , Gabriele Travaglini , Donovan Young

We propose a connected prescription formula in twistor space for all tree-level form factors of the stress tensor multiplet operator in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills, which is a generalisation of the expression of Roiban, Spradlin and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Andreas Brandhuber , Edward Hughes , Rodolfo Panerai , Bill Spence , Gabriele Travaglini

Form factors are important ingredients to investigate the principle of maximal transcendentality (PMT) and to extract anomalous dimensions of local gauge invariant operators. In this article, we compute several two- and three-point FFs to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-13 Taushif Ahmed , Pulak Banerjee , Amlan Chakraborty , Prasanna K. Dhani , V. Ravindran

We present a symbol-level bootstrap construction of the planar, two-loop six-gluon scattering amplitude for the --++++ helicity configuration in QCD, focusing on the maximal weight pieces-the "most complicated terms" in the sense of Lipatov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-24 Sérgio Carrôlo , Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Qinglin Yang , Yang Zhang

We derive analytic results for the symbol of certain two-loop Feynman integrals relevant for seven- and eight-point two-loop scattering amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang--Mills theory. We use a bootstrap inspired strategy,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Johannes Henn , Enrico Herrmann , Julio Parra-Martinez

Employing a cutting-edge bootstrap method, we analytically compute the three-loop pentagonal Wilson loop with Lagrangian insertion in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. This object is conjectured to coincide with the maximally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-22 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Yongqun Xu , Shun-Qing Zhang , Yang Zhang

The light-like cusp anomalous dimension is a universal function in the analysis of infrared divergences. In maximally ($\mathcal{N}=4$) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (SYM) in the planar limit, it is known, in principle, to all loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-08 Rutger Boels , Bernd A. Kniehl , Gang 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 obtain for the first time the analytic two-loop four-point MHV lightlike form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM where the momentum $q$ carried by the operator is taken to be massless. Remarkably, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Yuanhong Guo , Lei Wang , Gang Yang

We derive a compact expression for the three-point MHV form factors of half-BPS operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills at two loops. The main tools of our calculation are generalised unitarity applied at the form factor level, and the compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Andreas Brandhuber , Gabriele Travaglini , Gang Yang

We compute the stress-tensor two-point function in three-dimensional Yang-Mills theory to three-loops in perturbation theory. Using its calculable shape at high momenta, we test the notion that its Borel transform is saturated at low…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-11 Simon Caron-Huot , Andrzej Pokraka , Zahra Zahraee

Higgs plus multi-gluon amplitudes in QCD can be computed in an effective Lagrangian description. In the infinite top-mass limit, an amplitude with a Higgs and $n$ gluons is computed by the form factor of the operator ${\rm Tr}\, F^2$. Up to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Andreas Brandhuber , Martyna Kostacinska , Brenda Penante , Gabriele Travaglini

We use the hexagon function bootstrap to compute the ratio function which characterizes the next-to-maximally-helicity-violating (NMHV) six-point amplitude in planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at four loops. A powerful…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-29 Lance J. Dixon , Matt von Hippel , Andrew J. McLeod