Analytic Four-Point Lightlike Form Factors and OPE of Null-Wrapped Polygons

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Main Authors: Guo, Yuanhong, Wang, Lei, Yang, Gang
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author Guo, Yuanhong
Wang, Lei
Yang, Gang
author_facet Guo, Yuanhong
Wang, Lei
Yang, Gang
contents We obtain for the first time the analytic two-loop four-point MHV lightlike form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM where the momentum $q$ carried by the operator is taken to be massless. Remarkably, we find that the two-loop result can be constrained uniquely by the infrared divergences and the collinear limits using the master-bootstrap method. Moreover, the remainder function depends only on three dual conformal invariant variables, which can be understood from a hidden dual conformal symmetry of the form factor arising in the lightlike limit of $q$. The symbol alphabet of the remainder contains only nine letters, which are closed under the action of the dihedral group $D_4$. Based on the dual description in terms of periodic Wilson lines (null-wrapped polygons), we also consider a new OPE picture for the lightlike form factors and introduce a new form factor transition that corresponds to the three-point lightlike form factor. With the form factor results up to two loops, we make some all-loop predictions using the OPE picture.
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spellingShingle Analytic Four-Point Lightlike Form Factors and OPE of Null-Wrapped Polygons
Guo, Yuanhong
Wang, Lei
Yang, Gang
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We obtain for the first time the analytic two-loop four-point MHV lightlike form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM where the momentum $q$ carried by the operator is taken to be massless. Remarkably, we find that the two-loop result can be constrained uniquely by the infrared divergences and the collinear limits using the master-bootstrap method. Moreover, the remainder function depends only on three dual conformal invariant variables, which can be understood from a hidden dual conformal symmetry of the form factor arising in the lightlike limit of $q$. The symbol alphabet of the remainder contains only nine letters, which are closed under the action of the dihedral group $D_4$. Based on the dual description in terms of periodic Wilson lines (null-wrapped polygons), we also consider a new OPE picture for the lightlike form factors and introduce a new form factor transition that corresponds to the three-point lightlike form factor. With the form factor results up to two loops, we make some all-loop predictions using the OPE picture.
title Analytic Four-Point Lightlike Form Factors and OPE of Null-Wrapped Polygons
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.06816