## Positivity of hexagon perturbation theory

### Abstract

Abstract The hexagon-form-factor program was proposed as a way to compute three-and higher-point correlation functions in N = 4 $$\mathcal{N}=4$$ super-symmetric Yang-Mills theory and in the dual AdS5×S5 superstring theory, by exploiting the integrability of the theory in the ’t Hooft limit. This approach is reminiscent of the asymptotic Bethe ansatz in that it applies to a large-volume expansion. Finite-volume corrections can be incorporated through Lüscher-like formulae, though the systematics of this expansion is largely unexplored so far. Strikingly, finite-volume corrections may feature negative powers of the ’t Hooft coupling g in the small-g expansion, potentially leading to a breakdown of the formalism. In this work we show that the finite-volume perturbation theory for the hexagon is positive and thereby compatible with the weak-coupling expansion for arbitrary n-point functions

Topics: Integrable Field Theories, Supersymmetric Gauge Theory, AdS-CFT Correspondence, 1/N Expansion, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Year: 2018
DOI identifier: 10.1007/JHEP11(2018)097
OAI identifier: oai:doaj.org/article:8df0e69483bb45e2ac58151f5b1a8cbc
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