Higher-point correlators in $$ \mathcal{N}=4 $$ SYM: generating functions
A bstract We construct generating functions of five- and six-point correlators up to two loops at weak ’t Hooft coupling in planar $$ \mathcal{N}=4 $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:math> SYM. These generating functions unify the correlators of the lightest scalar operator in the stress-tensor multiplet with those of all higher R-charge single-trace half-BPS scalar operators, thereby extending previous results for four-point loop integrands. At the integrated level, they are represented as sums of conformal integrals with coefficients exhibiting ten-dimensional poles that combine spacetime and R-charge distances. Our results show that higher-order poles are captured by products of lower-point generating functions. We also extract new OPE data on spinning structure constants, and compare these to integrability-based computations, finding good agreement.
Authors
- Frank Coronado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-3309)
- A. A. Bekov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6836-1369)
- Till Bargheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3590-0899)
- Carlos Bercini
Institutions
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2026)161
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron