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In this paper we develop a general method for constructing 3-point functions in conformal field theory with affine Lie group symmetry, continuing our recent work on 2-point functions. The results are provided in terms of triangular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Jorgen Rasmussen

We use the soft-collinear bootstrap to construct the 8-loop integrand for the 4-point amplitude and 4-stress-tensor correlation function in planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Both have a unique representation in terms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-18 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Paul Heslop , Vuong-Viet Tran

Sinc-collocation methods are known to be efficient for Fredholm integral equations of the second kind, even if functions in the equations have endpoint singularity. However, existing methods have the disadvantage of inconsistent collocation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Tomoaki Okayama

${\cal N} = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory can be defined on a half-space with a variety of boundary conditions preserving scale invariance and half of the original supersymmetry; more general theories with the same symmetry can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Mark Van Raamsdonk , Christopher Waddell

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 introduce a novel harmonic superspace for $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal field theories that is tailor made for the study of correlation functions of BPS operators. We calculate a host of two- and three-point functions in full…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Pedro Liendo , Carlo Meneghelli , Vladimir Mitev

The four point functions of chiral primary BPS operators in ${\cal N}=4$ superconformal Yang Mills are expressed in a form manifestly satisfying the superconformal Ward identities. They are subsequently expanded in terms of conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-15 Christopher Rayson

We describe an infinite-dimensional algebra of hidden symmetries of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory. Our derivation is based on a generalization of the supertwistor correspondence. Using the latter, we construct an infinite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander D. Popov , Martin Wolf

Equivariant localization theory is a powerful tool that has been extensively used in the past thirty years to elegantly obtain exact integration formulas, in both mathematics and physics. These integration formulas are proved within the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-25 Paolo Rossi

We classify the 3-point functions of local gauge-invariant single-trace operators in the scalar sector of planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills involving at least one su(3) operator. In the case of two su(3) and one su(2) operators, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-11-08 Omar Foda , Yunfeng Jiang , Ivan Kostov , Didina Serban

We present several new examples of nontrivial 4d N=1 superconformal field theories. Some of these theories exhibit exotic global symmetries, including non-simply laced groups (such as $F_4$). They are obtained by studying threebrane probes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Ofer Aharony , Shamit Kachru , Eva Silverstein

In a previous work, we proposed an integrability setup for computing non-planar corrections to correlation functions in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory at any value of the coupling constant. The procedure consists of drawing all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-05 Till Bargheer , Joao Caetano , Thiago Fleury , Shota Komatsu , Pedro Vieira

We investigate the properties of a four-dimensional conformal field theory possessing a fermionic higher-spin current $Q_{\alpha(2k) \dot{\alpha}}$. Using a computational approach, we examine the number of independent tensor structures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-18 Evgeny I. Buchbinder , Benjamin J. Stone

We compute correlation functions of protected primaries on the $1/2$-BPS Wilson loop in ${\cal N}$ = 4 super Yang-Mills theory at weak coupling. We first perform direct perturbative computation at one loop in the planar limit and present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Naoki Kiryu , Shota Komatsu

Superconformal Ward identities for N=1 supersymmetric quantum field theories in four dimensions are convenienty obtained in the superfield formalism by combining diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations on curved superspace. Using this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Johanna Erdmenger , Christian Rupp

We study an angular dipole deformation of maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (SYM) that preserves its classical scale invariance. We show that two-point functions of suitable single trace operators, restricted to an invariant plane,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Tim Meier , Stijn J. van Tongeren

In this thesis we discuss supersymmetric gauge theories, focusing on exact results achieved using methods of integrability. For the larger portion of the thesis we study the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in the planar limit, a recurring topic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-01-05 Saulius Valatka

We explore the space of non-gravitational, maximally supersymmetric, planar 4d effective field theories (EFTs) that have $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills (SYM) at leading order. We show that in the weakly-coupled regime, highly non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-15 Henriette Elvang , Aidan Herderschee , Roger Morales

In integrable models of quantum field theory, local fields are normally constructed by means of the bootstrap-formfactor program. However, the convergence of their $n$-point functions is unclear in this setting. An alternative approach uses…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-03 Henning Bostelmann

We study the relation between 5D super Yang-Mills theory and the holographic description of 6D (2,0) superconformal theory. We start by clarifying some issues related to the localization of N=1 SYM with matter on $S^5$. We concentrate on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-19 Joseph A. Minahan , Anton Nedelin , Maxim Zabzine