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Riemannian Geometry, Topology and Dynamics permit to introduce partially defined holomorphic functions on the variety of representations of the fundamental group of a manifold. The functions we consider are the complex valued Ray-Singer…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dan Burghelea , Stefan Haller

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

We describe the use of generalized unitarity for the construction of correlation functions of local gauge-invariant operators in general quantum field theories and illustrate this method with several calculations in N=4 super-Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-04 O. Tang Engelund , R. Roiban

We consider higher-point generalizations of the "octagon" large-charge four-point function in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. These n-point polygon correlators are defined as ten-dimensional null limits of generating functions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-23 Till Bargheer , Albert Bekov , Carlos Bercini , Frank Coronado

We report an exact solution of 2- and 3-point functions of chiral primary fields in SU(2) N=2 super-Yang-Mills theory coupled to four hypermultiplets. It is shown that these correlation functions are non-trivial functions of the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-24 Marco Baggio , Vasilis Niarchos , Kyriakos Papadodimas

The correlation functions of open Wilson line operators in two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory on the noncommutative torus are computed exactly. The correlators are expressed in two equivalent forms. An instanton expansion involves only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 L. D. Paniak , R. J. Szabo

We construct orthogonality relations in the Separation of Variables framework for the sl(2) sector of planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Specifically, we find simple universal measures that make Q-functions of operators with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-01 Till Bargheer , Carlos Bercini , Andrea Cavaglià , Davide Lai , Paul Ryan

A study of the gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten models is given focusing on the effect of topologically non-trivial configurations of gauge fields. A correlation function is expressed as an integral over a moduli space of holomorphic bundles with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Kentaro Hori

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

We study N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a Kaehler manifold with $b_2^+ \geq 3$. Adding suitable perturbations we show that the partition function of the N=4 theory is the sum of contributions from two branches: (i) instantons, (ii)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Robbert Dijkgraaf , Jae-Suk Park , Bernd Schroers

We continue the development of the topological membrane approach to open and unoriented string theories. We study orbifolds of topologically massive gauge theory defined on the geometry $[0,1]\times\Sigma$, where $\Sigma$ is a generic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-11 P. Castelo Ferreira , I. I. Kogan , R. J. Szabo

We compute at strong coupling the large N correlation functions of supersymmetric Wilson loops in large representations of the gauge group with local operators of N=4 super Yang-Mills. The gauge theory computation of these correlators is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-29 Jaume Gomis , Shunji Matsuura , Takuya Okuda , Diego Trancanelli

The theory of Wilson loops for gauge theories with unitary gauge groups is formulated in the language of symmetric functions. The main objects in this theory are two generating functions, which are related to each other by the involution…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-20 Wolfgang Mück

Integrated correlation functions in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory with gauge group $SU(N)$ can be expressed in terms of the localised $S^4$ partition function, $Z_N$, deformed by a mass $m$. Two such cases are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-20 Luis F. Alday , Shai M. Chester , Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen

We study anomalous dimensions of unprotected low twist operators in the four-dimensional $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. We construct a class of interpolating functions to approximate the dimensions of the leading…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Abhishek Chowdhury , Masazumi Honda , Somyadip Thakur

In this paper we analyse the structure of the spaces of smooth type functions, generated by elements of arbitrary Hilbert spaces, as a continuation of the research in our previous papers in this series. We prove that these spaces are…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Aparajita Dasgupta , Michael Ruzhansky

We study the four-point correlator $\langle \mathcal{O}_2 \mathcal{O}_2 \mathcal{D} \mathcal{D} \rangle$ in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) with $SU(N)$ gauge group, where $\mathcal{O}_2$ represents the superconformal primary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-10 Augustus Brown , Francesco Galvagno , Congkao Wen

For a restricted class of potentials (harmonic+Gaussian potentials), we express the resolvent integral for the correlation functions of simple traces of powers of complex matrices of size $N$, in term of a determinant; this determinant is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 M. C. Bergère

We study particular integrated correlation functions of two superconformal primary operators of the stress tensor multiplet in the presence of a half-BPS line defect labelled by electromagnetic charges $(p,q)$ in $\mathcal{N}=4$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-20 Daniele Dorigoni , Zhihao Duan , Daniele R. Pavarini , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

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