Four-point correlator of planar supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at twelve loops

We determine the four-point correlation function and amplitude in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to 12 loops. We find that the recently introduced “double-triangle” rule in fact implies the previously described square and pentagon rules; and when applied to 12 loops, it fully determines the 11-loop correlator and fixes all but 3 of the (619,981,403) 12-loop coefficients; these remaining coefficients can be subsequently fixed using the “(single-)triangle” rule. Not only do we confirm the Catalan conjecture for antiprism graphs, but we discover evidence for a greatly for the coefficients of all graphs. We provide all contributions through 12 loops as Supplemental Material to this work.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-11-14
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https://doi.org/10.1103/kl4q-mpwp
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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Four-point correlator of planar supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at twelve loops

Karl J. Friston
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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
9.35
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Four-point correlator of planar supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at twelve loops

Karl J. Friston
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Abstract

We determine the four-point correlation function and amplitude in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to 12 loops. We find that the recently introduced “double-triangle” rule in fact implies the previously described square and pentagon rules; and when applied to 12 loops, it fully determines the 11-loop correlator and fixes all but 3 of the (619,981,403) 12-loop coefficients; these remaining coefficients can be subsequently fixed using the “(single-)triangle” rule. Not only do we confirm the Catalan conjecture for antiprism graphs, but we discover evidence for a greatly for the coefficients of all graphs. We provide all contributions through 12 loops as Supplemental Material to this work.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 112(12)
Pennsylvania State University (US), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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