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We apply our previous work on Green's functions for the four-dimensional quaternionic Taub-NUT manifold to obtain a scalar two-point function on the homogeneously squashed three-sphere (otherwise known as the Berger sphere), which lies at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Konstantinos Zoubos

We study a holographic description for correlation function of 1/4 BPS Wilson loop operator and 1/2 BPS local operator carrying a large R-charge of order \sqrt \lambda. We construct a rotating string solution which is extended in S5 as well…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Takayuki Enari , Akitsugu Miwa

We study a class of dilatation invariant BPS surface operators in 4-dimensional N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory and their holographic duals in type IIB string theory in AdS_5 x S^5. First we take an example of 1/4 BPS surface operator and study…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-09 Eunkyung Koh , Satoshi Yamaguchi

In this paper we investigate the holographic computation of the two-point functions of $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS chiral primary operators with scaling dimensions $\Delta \sim N$ or $\Delta \sim N^2$ in $\mathcal{N}=4$ $SU(N)$ SYM using Type IIB…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Prokopii Anempodistov

Two and three point functions of composite operators are analysed with regard to (logarithmically) divergent contact terms. Using the renormalisation group of dimensional regularisation it is established that the divergences are governed by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-24 Vladimir Prochazka , Roman Zwicky

We study extremal and integrated correlators of half-BPS operators in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD and $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM with $SU(3)$ gauge group. We focus on the large R-charge sector where the number of operators insertions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-11 Alba Grassi , Cristoforo Iossa

We present a complete basis of multi-trace multi-matrix operators that has a diagonal two point function for the free matrix field theory at finite N. This generalises to multiple matrices the single matrix diagonalisation by Schur…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-16 T. W. Brown , P. J. Heslop , S. Ramgoolam

We study a recently discovered family of 1/8-BPS supersymmetric Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and their string theory duals. The operators are defined for arbitrary contours on a two-sphere in space-time, and they were…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Simone Giombi , Vasily Pestun , Riccardo Ricci

We calculate holographically three-point functions of scalar operators with large dimensions at finite density and finite temperature. To achieve this, we construct new solutions that involve two isometries of the deformed internal space.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-15 George Georgiou , Dimitrios Zoakos

The quartic effective action for Kaluza-Klein modes that arises upon compactification of type IIB supergravity on the five-sphere S^5 is a starting point for computing the four-point correlation functions of arbitrary weight 1/2-BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-26 Gleb Arutyunov , Sergey Frolov , Rob Klabbers , Sergei Savin

We study the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop in four-dimensional SU(N), $N = 2$ SYM theories with massless hypermultiplets and non-vanishing $\beta$-function. Using super-symmetric localization on $S_4$ , we map the path-integral associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-22 Marco Billo' , Luca Griguolo , Alessandro Testa

We present a comprehensive discussion of tree-level holographic $4$-point functions of scalar operators in momentum space. We show that each individual Witten diagram satisfies the conformal Ward identities on its own and is thus a valid…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-15 Adam Bzowski , Paul McFadden , Kostas Skenderis

We study the semiclassical holographic correspondence between 2d CFT n-point conformal blocks and massive particle configurations in the asymptotically AdS3 space. On the boundary we use the heavy-light approximation in which case two of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 K. B. Alkalaev

We compute correlation functions, specifically 1-point and 2-point functions, in holographic boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) using geodesic approximation. The holographic model consists of a massive scalar field coupled to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 Jani Kastikainen , Sanjit Shashi

We study the correlators of bulk and defect half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory with a Maldacena-Wilson line defect, focusing on the case involving one bulk and two defect local operators. We analyze the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-15 Daniele Artico , Julien Barrat , Yingxuan Xu

We consider $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal quiver gauge theories in four dimensions and evaluate the chiral/anti-chiral correlators of single-trace operators. We show that it is convenient to form particular twisted and untwisted…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-10 M. Billo , M. Frau , F. Galvagno , A. Lerda , A. Pini

We study holographic defect conformal field theories which are dual to probe branes with bottom-up methods. First we determine the embedding of codimension-1 interface branes in AdS space. Then we compute defect one and two-point functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-09 Georgios Linardopoulos , Chanyong Park

We study the large AdS radius limit of correlation functions in holographic defect CFTs. For two-point functions of operators inserted away from the defect, we derive a position space formula relating a certain scaling limit of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-22 Qi Chen , Yi-Xiao Tao , Xinan Zhou

We develop a bootstrap approach to Euclidean two-point correlators, in the thermal or ground state of quantum mechanical systems. We formulate the problem of bounding the two-point correlator as a semidefinite programming problem, subject…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-08 Minjae Cho , Barak Gabai , Henry W. Lin , Jessica Yeh , Zechuan Zheng

The generating functions for the Wilson loops in the symmetric and antisymmetric representations of the gauge group $U(N)$ are expressed in terms of the connected correlators of multiply-wound Wilson loops, using ingredients from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-30 Anthonny F. Canazas Garay , Alberto Faraggi , Wolfgang Mück