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Fermionic T-Duality, Dual Superconformal Symmetry, and the Amplitude/Wilson Loop Connection

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We show that tree level superstring theories on certain supersymmetric backgrounds admit a symmetry which we call ``fermionic T-duality''. This is a non-local redefinition of the fermionic worldsheet fields similar to the redefinition we perform on bosonic variables when we do an ordinary T-duality. This duality maps a supersymmetric background to another supersymmetric background with different RR fields and a different dilaton. We show that a certain combination of bosonic and fermionic T-dualities maps the full superstring theory on $AdS_5 \times S^5$ back to itself in such a way that gluon scattering amplitudes in the original theory map to something very close to Wilson loops in the dual theory. This duality maps the ``dual superconformal symmetry'' of the original theory to the ordinary superconformal symmetry of the dual model. This explains the dual superconformal invariance of planar scattering amplitudes of N=4 super Yang Mills and also sheds some light on the connection between amplitudes and Wilson loops. In the appendix, we propose a simple prescription for open superstring MHV tree amplitudes in a flat background.

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Loops and legs: ABJM amplitudes from $f$-graphs

hep-th · 2026-01-29 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

ABJM amplitudes of arbitrary multiplicity and loop order can be reconstructed from squared amplitudes encoded in a permutation-symmetric generating function of planar f-graphs.

Soft Algebra for ${\cal N}=4$ SYM

hep-th · 2026-06-07 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

In planar N=4 SYM the IR-finite hard amplitude satisfies an uncorrected tree-level soft theorem and represents the undeformed tree-level S-algebra of soft gluons.

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  • Loops and legs: ABJM amplitudes from $f$-graphs hep-th · 2026-01-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 30 · internal anchor

    ABJM amplitudes of arbitrary multiplicity and loop order can be reconstructed from squared amplitudes encoded in a permutation-symmetric generating function of planar f-graphs.

  • Poly-vector deformations of heterotic supergravity solutions hep-th · 2025-11-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 16 · internal anchor

    Bi- and uni-vector deformations of heterotic supergravity solutions are constructed using gauged double field theory together with a generalized open/closed map.

  • Soft Algebra for ${\cal N}=4$ SYM hep-th · 2026-06-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 59 · internal anchor

    In planar N=4 SYM the IR-finite hard amplitude satisfies an uncorrected tree-level soft theorem and represents the undeformed tree-level S-algebra of soft gluons.