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Event shapes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory

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We study event shapes in N=4 SYM describing the angular distribution of energy and R-charge in the final states created by the simplest half-BPS scalar operator. Applying the approach developed in the companion paper arXiv:1309.0769, we compute these observables using the correlation functions of certain components of the N=4 stress-tensor supermultiplet: the half-BPS operator itself, the R-symmetry current and the stress tensor. We present master formulas for the all-order event shapes as convolutions of the Mellin amplitude defining the correlation function of the half-BPS operators, with a coupling-independent kernel determined by the choice of the observable. We find remarkably simple relations between various event shapes following from N=4 superconformal symmetry. We perform thorough checks at leading order in the weak coupling expansion and show perfect agreement with the conventional calculations based on amplitude techniques. We extend our results to strong coupling using the correlation function of half-BPS operators obtained from the AdS/CFT correspondence.

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2026 4 2025 1

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Energy-Energy Correlator from the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro Amplitude

hep-th · 2026-01-08 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

A precise mapping from the world-sheet integral of the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude to the energy-energy correlator in strongly coupled N=4 SYM, with explicit flat-space and first curvature correction terms.

Anomaly Realization in Charge-Flux Detector Correlators

hep-ph · 2026-07-07 · conditional · novelty 7.0

Axial anomalies realize in flux detectors as massless-limit collapse of angular distributions onto beam-collinear deltas while preserving the integrated anomaly sum rule, with the same mechanism for zilch and mixed gravitational channels.

Bump Hunting Inside Jets with Energy Correlators

hep-ph · 2026-05-27 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Energy correlators can convert scaling violations into angular bump hunting for new physics, yielding projected competitive LHC sensitivity for a light hadrophilic Z'.

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  • Energy-Energy Correlator from the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro Amplitude hep-th · 2026-01-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · internal anchor

    A precise mapping from the world-sheet integral of the AdS Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude to the energy-energy correlator in strongly coupled N=4 SYM, with explicit flat-space and first curvature correction terms.

  • Anomaly Realization in Charge-Flux Detector Correlators hep-ph · 2026-07-07 · conditional · none · ref 11 · internal anchor

    Axial anomalies realize in flux detectors as massless-limit collapse of angular distributions onto beam-collinear deltas while preserving the integrated anomaly sum rule, with the same mechanism for zilch and mixed gravitational channels.

  • Bump Hunting Inside Jets with Energy Correlators hep-ph · 2026-05-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 35 · internal anchor

    Energy correlators can convert scaling violations into angular bump hunting for new physics, yielding projected competitive LHC sensitivity for a light hadrophilic Z'.

  • Dissecting Parton Showers with Multi-Point Energy Correlators hep-ph · 2026-07-08 · accept · none · ref 9 · internal anchor

    Projections of four-point energy correlators cleanly separate spin from kinematic azimuthal correlations inside jets; spin effects are subdominant in accessible LHC kinematics.

  • Notes on off-shell conformal integrals and correlation functions at five points hep-th · 2025-12-26 · conditional · none · ref 80 · internal anchor

    A basis of six uniform-transcendental five-point off-shell conformal integrals is constructed and mapped to known families, yielding symbol-level two-loop results for half-BPS correlators.