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We re-derive semi-shortening conditions for four-dimensional superconformal field theory with a different approach. These conditions have similar patterns that can be generalized to weaker constraints, including all those of F. Dolan and H.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-10 C. -Y. Ju , W. Siegel

The superconformal group of N=4 super-Yang-Mills has two types of operator representations: short and long. We conjecture that operator product expansions for which at least two of the three operators are short exactly respect a bonus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Kenneth Intriligator , Witold Skiba

Higher-point functions of gauge invariant composite operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory can be computed via triangulation. The elementary tile in this process is the hexagon introduced for the evaluation of structure constants. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Marius de Leeuw , Burkhard Eden , Dennis le Plat , Tim Meier

We generalize the proof of the non-renormalization of the four derivative operators in ${\cal N}=4$ Yang Mills theory with gauge group SU(2) to show that certain terms with 2N derivatives are not renormalized in the theory with gauge group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Michael Dine , Josh Gray

Four-point correlation functions are observables of significant interest in holographic field theories. We compute an infinite family of four-point correlation functions of operators in short multiplets of 4D N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-19 David Turton , Alexander Tyukov

We study large-N double-scaling limits of U(N) gauge theories in four dimensions. We focus on theories in a partially confining phase where an abelian subgroup $\hat{G}$ of the gauge group remains unconfined. Double-scaling is defined near…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Gaetano Bertoldi , Nick Dorey

We find generating functions for half BPS correlators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theories with gauge groups $Sp(2N)$, $SO(2N+1)$, and $SO(2N)$ by computing the norms of a class of BPS coherent states. These coherent states are built from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-08 Adolfo Holguin , Shannon Wang

We study $\frac{1}{4}$-BPS Wilson loops in four-dimensional SU$(N$) ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ super-Yang-Mills theories with conformal matter in an arbitrary representation $\mathcal{R}$. These operators are formed of two meridians on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini , Alessandro Testa

Extending recent work of Kachru and Silverstein, we consider ``orbifolds'' of 4-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ SU(n) super-Yang-Mills theories with respect to discrete subgroups of the SU(4) $R$-symmetry which act nontrivially on the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 A. Lawrence , N. Nekrasov , C. Vafa

The properties of gauge-invariant composite operators and their correlation functions in N=4 SYM are discussed in the analytic superspace formalism. A complete classification of the different types of operators in the theory is given.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 P. J. Heslop , P. S. Howe

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 construct ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric low-energy effective action of $5D, {\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in $5D, {\cal N}=1$ harmonic superspace. It is obtained as a hypermultiplet completion of the leading $W \ln W$-term…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 I. L. Buchbinder , E. A. Ivanov , I. B. Samsonov

We review a recent progress in constructing low-energy effective action in N=4 super Yang-Mills theories. Using harmonic superspace approach we consider N=4 SYM in terms of unconstrained N=2 superfield and apply N=2 background field method…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. L. Buchbinder

We present an analysis of the Yangian symmetries of various bosonic sectors of the dilatation operator of $\cal N$$=4$ SYM. The analysis is presented from the point of view of Hamiltonian matrix models. In the various SU(n) sectors, we give…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Agarwal , S. G. Rajeev

We compute the one-loop four-point function in {\cal N}=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with gauge group U(N). We perform the calculation in {\cal N}=1 superspace using the background field method and obtain the complete off-shell…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Alberto Santambrogio , Daniela Zanon

Half BPS correlators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory are key quantities both in the AdS/CFT correspondence as well as in scattering amplitudes research. They are dual at strong coupling to quantum gravity amplitudes. At weak coupling on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Paul Heslop

We compute two-point functions of chiral operators Tr \Phi^3 in {\cal N}=4 SU(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to the order g^4 in perturbation theory. We perform explicit calculations using {\cal N}=1 superspace techniques and find that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 S. Penati , A. Santambrogio , D. Zanon

We consider N=1, D=4 superconformal U(N)^{pq} Yang-Mills theories dual to AdS_5xS^5/Z_pxZ_q orbifolds. We construct the dilatation operator of this superconformal gauge theory at one-loop planar level. We demonstrate that a specific sector…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Darius Sadri , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

We consider the four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills with gauge group $SU(2N)$. We study the integrated correlator between a half-BPS Wilson line and…

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