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.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/kl4q-mpwp
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.35