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Correlation functions and representation bases in free N=4 Super Yang-Mills
We study exact correlation functions of N=4 SYM at zero coupling. It has been
known that it is convenient to label local gauge invariant operators by
irreducible representations of symmetric groups/Brauer algebras. We first
review the construction of representation bases from the viewpoint of the
enhanced symmetry structure of the free theory. We present a basis of
multi-matrix models using elements of Brauer algebras, generalising our
previous construction for two matrices. We will compute multi-point functions
of the basis with the exact N-dependence. In particular we study three-point
functions of a class of BPS operators, and we find that they are given by a
branching rule of the Brauer algebra. The three-point functions take a
factorised form if representations on the operators satisfy a relation.Comment: 28 pages, typos correcte
From Gauss Graphs to Giants
We identify the operators in super Yang-Mills theory that
correspond to -BPS giant gravitons in AdSS. Our
evidence for the identification comes from (1) counting these operators and
showing agreement with independent counts of the number of giant graviton
states, and (2) by demonstrating a correspondence between correlation functions
of the super Yang-Mills operators and overlaps of the giant graviton wave
functions.Comment: 16 pages; v2: matches published versio
CFT4 as SO(4,2)-invariant TFT2
We show that correlators of local operators in four dimensional free scalar
field theory can be expressed in terms of amplitudes in a two dimensional
topological field theory (TFT2). We describe the state space of the TFT2, which
has as a global symmetry, and includes both positive and negative
energy representations. Invariant amplitudes in the TFT2 correspond to surfaces
interpolating from multiple circles to the vacuum. They are constructed from
SO(4,2) invariant linear maps from the tensor product of the state spaces to
complex numbers. When appropriate states labeled by 4D-spacetime coordinates
are inserted at the circles, the TFT2 amplitudes become correlators of the
four-dimensional CFT4. The TFT2 structure includes an associative algebra,
related to crossing in the 4D-CFT, with a non-degenerate pairing related to the
CFT inner product in the CFT4. In the free-field case, the TFT2/CFT4
correspondence can largely be understood as realization of free quantum field
theory as a categorified form of classical invariant theory for appropriate
SO(4,2) representations. We discuss the prospects of going beyond free fields
in this framework.Comment: 54 pages, 7 figures; version 2: Published version - extended
discussion of CFT4/TFT2 in terms of emergent space-time; refs added; typos
correcte
Nonplanar integrability at two loops
In this article we compute the action of the two loop dilatation operator on
restricted Schur polynomials that belong to the su(2) sector, in the displaced
corners approximation. In this non-planar large N limit, operators that
diagonalize the one loop dilatation operator are not corrected at two loops.
The resulting spectrum of anomalous dimensions is related to a set of decoupled
harmonic oscillators, indicating integrability in this sector of the theory at
two loops. The anomalous dimensions are a non-trivial function of the 't Hooft
coupling, with a spectrum that is continuous and starting at zero at large N,
but discrete at finite N.Comment: version to appear in JHE
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