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Higher-Point Correlators in N=4 SYM: Ten-Dimensional Null Polygons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-23 v2

Abstract

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 n-point correlators of protected scalar operators with arbitrary R-charge, and are conjecturally dual to massive scattering amplitudes of W-bosons on the Coulomb branch of the theory. We present a twistor-based direct computation of the polygon loop integrands, and determine the two-loop integrands for any number of external operators. The result is expressed as a linear combination of conformal integrals, with coefficients that are rational functions of the spacetime distances and operator polarizations. We obtain an exact match with a one-loop integrability computation, and study the near-massless limit of the pentagon function.

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@article{arxiv.2512.19780,
  title  = {Higher-Point Correlators in N=4 SYM: Ten-Dimensional Null Polygons},
  author = {Till Bargheer and Albert Bekov and Carlos Bercini and Frank Coronado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.19780},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

42 pages + data files; v2: fixed equation, added figure, minor rewording

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:37:35.219Z