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Partial non-renormalisation of the stress-tensor four-point function in N=4 SYM and AdS/CFT

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We show that, although the correlator of four stress-tensor multiplets in N=4 SYM is known to have radiative corrections, certain linear combinations of its components are protected from perturbative renormalisation and remain at their free-field values. This result is valid for weak as well as for strong coupling and for any gauge group. Our argument uses Intriligator's insertion formula, and includes a proof that the possible contact term contributions cannot change the form of the amplitudes. Combining this new non-renormalisation theorem with Maldacena's conjecture allows us to make a prediction for the structure of the corresponding correlator in AdS supergravity. This is verified by first considerably simplifying the strong coupling expression obtained by recent supergravity calculations, and then showing that it does indeed exhibit the expected structure.

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Bootstrapping Giant Graviton Correlators

hep-th · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0 · 2 refs

Bootstrap using labelled f-graphs, double-triangle and triangle rules, integrated correlators, and 10D hidden symmetry uniquely fixes three-loop mixed GGOO correlators in N=4 SYM, reproducing known two-loop results and yielding new three-loop terms for the maximal determinant operator.

Leading singularities and chambers of Correlahedron

hep-th · 2025-05-14 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Four-loop four-point correlator integrand in planar N=4 SYM decomposes into chamber forms identical to three loops times local integrands, with leading singularities as linear combinations of those forms and a diagonalized pure-function representation including one pure elliptic integrand.

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  • $20'$ Five-Point Function of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and Stringy Corrections hep-th · 2025-07-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 78 · internal anchor

    Bootstrap on Mellin amplitudes computes the first stringy correction to the five-point 20' correlator in N=4 SYM up to one undetermined coefficient, with flat-space limit checks and byproduct four-point results.

  • Bootstrapping Giant Graviton Correlators hep-th · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Bootstrap using labelled f-graphs, double-triangle and triangle rules, integrated correlators, and 10D hidden symmetry uniquely fixes three-loop mixed GGOO correlators in N=4 SYM, reproducing known two-loop results and yielding new three-loop terms for the maximal determinant operator.

  • Leading singularities and chambers of Correlahedron hep-th · 2025-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 32 · internal anchor

    Four-loop four-point correlator integrand in planar N=4 SYM decomposes into chamber forms identical to three loops times local integrands, with leading singularities as linear combinations of those forms and a diagonalized pure-function representation including one pure elliptic integrand.