Integral constraints for $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere

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Main Authors: Chester, Shai M., Dempsey, Ross, Pramanik, Debaditya, Pufu, Silviu S.
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author Chester, Shai M.
Dempsey, Ross
Pramanik, Debaditya
Pufu, Silviu S.
author_facet Chester, Shai M.
Dempsey, Ross
Pramanik, Debaditya
Pufu, Silviu S.
contents Supersymmetric localization and Ward identities have been used in the past several years to derive two integral constraints on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiplet in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. These constraints are powerful tools for studying the theory, especially when used in tandem with analytic and/or numerical bootstrap techniques. In this paper, we consider three additional integral constraints that can be derived starting from the $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory placed on a squashed four-sphere. These constraints are technically much more challenging to derive than the ones in the literature, and much of the paper is devoted to developing techniques to make this computation tractable. Our end result is that these three constraints are implied by the two constraints already appearing in the literature.
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spellingShingle Integral constraints for $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere
Chester, Shai M.
Dempsey, Ross
Pramanik, Debaditya
Pufu, Silviu S.
High Energy Physics - Theory
Supersymmetric localization and Ward identities have been used in the past several years to derive two integral constraints on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiplet in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. These constraints are powerful tools for studying the theory, especially when used in tandem with analytic and/or numerical bootstrap techniques. In this paper, we consider three additional integral constraints that can be derived starting from the $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory placed on a squashed four-sphere. These constraints are technically much more challenging to derive than the ones in the literature, and much of the paper is devoted to developing techniques to make this computation tractable. Our end result is that these three constraints are implied by the two constraints already appearing in the literature.
title Integral constraints for $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphere
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05189