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We study an extension of the Seiberg-Witten theory of $5d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills on $\mathbb{R}^4 \times S^1$. We investigate correlation functions among loop operators. These are the operators analogous to the Wilson…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-18 Toshio Nakatsu , Yui Noma , Kanehisa Takasaki

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

In this paper we study Open Wilson Lines (OWL's) in the context of two Supersymmetric Yang Mills theories. First we consider four dimensional N=2 Supersymmetric Yang Mills Theory with hypermultiplets transforming in the fundamental…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-05 Edward B. Baker

The planar integrability of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) is the cornerstone for numerous exact observables. We show that the large charge sector of the ${\rm SU}(2)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM provides another interesting solvable corner…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-02 João Caetano , Shota Komatsu , Yifan Wang

The $\gamma_i$-deformed $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory is a non-supersymmetric deformation of the maximally-supersymmetric gauge theory in four dimensions which is conformally-invariant at the planar level. At the non-planar level…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-03 Qingjun Jin

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

The coupling constant dependence of correlation functions of BPS operators in N=4 Yang-Mills can be expressed in terms of integrated correlation functions. We approximate these integrated correlators by using a truncated OPE expansion. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Anirban Basu , Michael B. Green , Savdeep Sethi

The use of supersymmetric localisation has recently led to modular covariant expressions for certain integrated correlators of half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a general classical gauge group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

Correlation functions of the FF and F\tilde{F} operators in hot SU(3) Yang-Mills theory have recently been studied both on the lattice and in perturbation theory, and the results subsequently compared to the strong coupling limit of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-15 Aleksi Vuorinen

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

The present paper is the first installment where, extending our previous work in pure Yang-Mills (YM) theory, we compute the generating functional of correlators of collinear twist-$2$ operators that enter the components of balanced…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-28 Marco Bochicchio , Mauro Papinutto , Francesco Scardino

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

Yang Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions can be expressed as an array of coupled (1+1)-dimensional principal chiral sigma models. The $SU(N)\times SU(N)$ principal chiral sigma model in 1+1 dimensions is integrable, asymptotically free and has…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-01 Axel Cortés Cubero

Supersymmetric circular Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory are discussed starting from their Gaussian matrix model representations. Previous results on the generating functions of Wilson loops are reviewed and extended…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-06 Wolfgang Mück

We use the gauge-gravity duality conjecture to compute spectral functions of the stress-energy tensor in finite temperature N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in the limit of large Nc and large coupling. The spectral functions exhibit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Pavel Kovtun , Andrei Starinets

We analyze determinants associated with Bessel kernels and generic symbol functions, which govern a class of observables across all values of the 't Hooft coupling in supersymmetric gauge theories. Previous approaches, based on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-25 Zoltan Bajnok , Bercel Boldis , Dennis le Plat

We introduce a nonperturbative approach to correlation functions of two determinant operators and one non-protected single-trace operator in planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Based on the gauge/string duality, we propose that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-13 Yunfeng Jiang , Shota Komatsu , Edoardo Vescovi

A new topological conformal field theory in four Euclidean dimensions is constructed from N=4 super Yang-Mills theory by twisting the whole of the conformal group with the whole of the R-symmetry group, resulting in a theory that is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Paul de Medeiros , Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill , Christopher Hull , Bill Spence

We recently proved that, when integrating out spacetime dependence with a certain measure, four-point correlators $\langle \mathcal{O}_2\mathcal{O}_2\mathcal{O}^{(i)}_p \mathcal{O}^{(j)}_p \rangle$ in $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ super…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Augustus Brown , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

This is a short note on the relation of the Matrix model with the non-commutative geometry of the 11-dimensional supermembrane. We put forward the idea that M-theory is described by the 't Hooft topological expansion of the Matrix model in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 E. G. Floratos , G. K. Leontaris