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We consider twist $J$ operators with spin $S$ in the $sl(2)$ sector of $\mathcal N=4$ SYM. The small spin expansion of their anomalous dimension defines the so-called slope functions. Much is known about the linear term, but the study of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Matteo Beccaria , Guido Macorini

We consider the correlation function of a null Wilson loop with four edges and a local operator in planar MSYM. By applying the insertion procedure, developed for correlation functions of local operators, we give an integral representation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-17 Luis F. Alday , Paul Heslop , Jakub Sikorowski

In this paper we study Wilson loops in various representations for finite and large values of the color gauge group for supersymmetric ${\cal N}=4$ gauge theories. We also compute correlators of Wilson loops in different representations and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Ekaterina Sysoeva

We find a closed formula for the overlap of Bethe eigenstates of an alternating $SU(4)$ spin chain, describing the scalar sector of ABJM theory, and matrix product states of any bond dimension representing 1/2 BPS co-dimension one domain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Tamas Gombor , Charlotte Kristjansen

We compute the expectation values of BPS Wilson loops in the mass-deformed ABJM theory using the Fermi gas technique. We obtain explicit results in terms of Airy functions, effectively resumming the full 1/N expansion up to exponentially…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-07 Elisabetta Armanini , Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini

Supersymmetric localization reduces the computation of protected observables in ABJM theory to finite-dimensional matrix integrals. Building on the techniques introduced in arXiv:2512.02119, we develop a bootstrap framework for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Bercel Boldis , Gregory P. Korchemsky , Alessandro Testa

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 study the correlators of a recently discovered family of BPS Wilson loops in ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric U(N) Yang-Mills theory. When the contours lie on a two-sphere in the space-time, we propose a closed expression that is valid for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-08-24 A. Bassetto , L. Griguolo , F. Pucci , D. Seminara , S. Thambyahpillai , D. Young

We study the two-loop dilatation operator in the noncompact SL(2) sector of QCD and supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with N=1,2,4 supercharges. The analysis is performed for Wilson operators built from three quark/gaugino fields of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 A. V. Belitsky , G. P. Korchemsky , D. Müller

We construct the one-dimensional topological sector of $\mathcal N = 6$ ABJ(M) theory and study its relation with the mass-deformed partition function on $S^3$. Supersymmetric localization provides an exact representation of this partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-17 Nicola Gorini , Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini , Silvia Penati , Domenico Seminara , Paolo Soresina

We study correlation functions of local operators and Wilson loop expectation values in the planar limit of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal ${\rm SU}(N)$ YM theory with hypermultiplets in the symmetric and antisymmetric representations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-06 Nikolay Bobev , Pieter-Jan De Smet , Xuao Zhang

The algebraic curve (finite-gap) classification of rotating string solutions was very important in the development of integrability through comparison with analogous structures at weak coupling. The classification was based on the analysis…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Romuald A. Janik , Pawel Laskos-Grabowski

We study the correlation function of two circular Wilson loops at strong coupling in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, the problem maps to finding the minimal surface between two circles defined on the boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Amit Dekel , Thomas Klose

Non-relativistic ABJM theory is defined by Galilean limit of mass-deformed N=6 Chern-Simons theory. Holographic string theory dual to the theory is not known yet. To understand features candidate gravity dual might exhibit, we examine local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-08-12 Yu Nakayama , Soo-Jong Rey

We construct the Wilson loop operator of N=6 super Chern-Simons-matter which is invariant under half of the supercharges of the theory and is dual to the simplest macroscopic open string in AdS_4 x CP^3. The Wilson loop couples, in addition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-03-19 Nadav Drukker , Diego Trancanelli

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 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 construct new families of 1/4 BPS Wilson loops in circular quiver $\mathcal N=4$ superconformal Chern-Simons-matter (SCSM) theories in three dimensions. They are defined as the holonomy of superconnections that contain non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Andrea Mauri , Silvia Penati , Jia-ju Zhang

Recently, Kapustin, Willett and Yaakov have found, by using localization techniques, that vacuum expectation values of Wilson loops in ABJM theory can be calculated with a matrix model. We show that this matrix model is closely related to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Marcos Marino , Pavel Putrov

We use localization techniques to compute the expectation values of supersymmetric Wilson loops in Chern-Simons theories with matter. We find the path-integral reduces to a non-Gaussian matrix model. The Wilson loops we consider preserve a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-21 Anton Kapustin , Brian Willett , Itamar Yaakov