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We study correlation functions on the Coulomb branch of planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang- Mills theory (SYM), and their relationship with integrability, the operator product expansion (OPE), the sum rule, the large charge expansion, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-12 Vyacheslav Ivanovskiy , Shota Komatsu , Victor Mishnyakov , Nikolay Terziev , Nikita Zaigraev , Konstantin Zarembo

We present a comprehensive two-loop computation of correlation functions involving two maximal giant gravitons and two arbitrary $R$-charge single-trace half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang-Mills theory. By combining the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-30 Yu Wu , Yunfeng Jiang , Chang Liu , Yang Zhang

We consider the correlator <W_n O(x)> of a light-like polygonal Wilson loop with n cusps with a local operator (like the dilaton or the chiral primary scalar) in planar N =4 super Yang-Mills theory. As a consequence of conformal symmetry,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 L. F. Alday , E. I. Buchbinder , A. A. Tseytlin

We develop a compact representation of the one-loop n-point functions of all chiral primary operators in planar SU(N), N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in terms of tree-level disk correlation functions and the scalar one-loop box integral. As a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-24 Nadav Drukker , Jan Plefka

We study the high energy limit of a six-point R-current correlator in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory for finite N_c. We make use of the framework of perturbative resummation of large logarithms of the energy. More specifically, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-12 Jochen Bartels , Carlo Ewerz , Martin Hentschinski , Anna-Maria Mischler

We consider two four-dimensional gauge theories with gauge group $SU(N)$: the $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills (SYM) theory and the $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory obtained as a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-15 Lorenzo De Lillo , Alessandro Pini

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

Using supersymmetric localization, we consider four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal quiver gauge theories obtained from $\mathbb{Z}_n$ orbifolds of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory in the large $N$ limit at weak coupling.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Alessandro Pini , Diego Rodriguez-Gomez , Jorge G. Russo

We perform a systematic study of integrated four-point functions of half-BPS operators in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $SU(N)$. These observables, defined by a certain spacetime integral of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-15 Hynek Paul , Eric Perlmutter , Himanshu Raj

We consider four-point functions of protected, double- and single-trace operators in the large central charge limit. We use superconformal symmetry to disentangle the contribution of protected operators in the partial wave decomposition.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-30 Agnese Bissi , Giulia Fardelli , Andrea Manenti

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

The superconformal Ward identities combined with N=2 harmonic analyticity are used to evaluate two-loop four-point correlation functions of gauge-invariant operators in D=4, N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of the well-known…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 B. Eden , P. S. Howe , C. Schubert , E. Sokatchev , P. C. West

We start with an n-point correlation function in a conformal gauge theory. We show that a special limit produces a polygonal Wilson loop with $n$ sides. The limit takes the $n$ points towards the vertices of a null polygonal Wilson loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-19 Luis F. Alday , Burkhard Eden , Gregory P. Korchemsky , Juan Maldacena , Emery Sokatchev

The S-matrix for planar N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory can be computed as the correlation function for a holomorphic polygonal Wilson loop in twistor space. In an axial gauge, this leads to the construction of the all-loop integrand via MHV…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Arthur E. Lipstein , Lionel Mason

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 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 develop bootstrap methods for mixed heavy-light four-point correlators $\langle GGOO\rangle$ in $\mathcal N=4$ super-Yang--Mills theory at large $N$, where $O\equiv {\cal O}_2$ is the chiral primary operator in the stress-tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-18 Song He , Canxin Shi , Yichao Tang , Congkao Wen

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 perturbative aspects of recently proposed integrated four-point correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills with all classical gauge groups using standard Feynman diagram computations. We argue that perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-08 Congkao Wen , Shun-Qing Zhang

We present a compact formula, expressed in terms of classical polylogarithms up to weight three, for the leading order four-point energy correlator in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, in the limit where the four detectors are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-15 Dmitry Chicherin , Ian Moult , Emery Sokatchev , Kai Yan , Yunyue Zhu