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Exploring Structure Constants in Planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ SYM: From Small Spin to Strong Coupling

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-04-11 v1

Abstract

We study the structure constants of two conformal primary operators and one spinning operator in planar N=4\mathcal{N} = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory using the hexagon formalism. By analytically continuing in the spin, we derive a formula for computing these structure constants at any coupling in the small-spin limit, up to a normalization factor. This formula allows us to explore their analytical properties at strong coupling. In this regime, using classical string calculations and a suitable ansatz, we extend our analysis to finite-spin operators, verifying recent two-loop results for structure constants in string theory and generalizing them to operators with arbitrary R-charges.

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@article{arxiv.2504.07922,
  title  = {Exploring Structure Constants in Planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ SYM: From Small Spin to Strong Coupling},
  author = {Benjamin Basso and Alessandro Georgoudis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.07922},
  year   = {2025}
}

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59 pages, 2 figures

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