A slow review of the AGT correspondence

B Le Floch - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Starting with a gentle approach to the Alday–Gaiotto–Tachikawa (AGT) correspondence
from its 6d origin, these notes provide a wide (albeit shallow) survey of the literature on …

Exact correlators on the Wilson loop in SYM: localization, defect CFT, and integrability

S Giombi, S Komatsu - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We compute a set of correlation functions of operator insertions on the 1/8 BPS
Wilson loop in\(\mathcal {N}= 4\) SYM by employing supersymmetric localization, OPE and …

Extremal correlators and random matrix theory

A Grassi, Z Komargodski, L Tizzano - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We study the correlation functions of Coulomb branch operators of four-
dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 Superconformal Field Theories (SCFTs). We focus on rank …

Snowmass white paper on SCFTs

PC Argyres, JJ Heckman, K Intriligator… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Superconformal field theories (SCFTs) occupy a central role in the study of many aspects of
quantum field theory. In this white paper for the Snowmass process we give a brief overview …

On the Large R-charge Expansion in Superconformal Field Theories

S Hellerman, S Maeda - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract In this note we study two point functions of Coulomb branch chiral ring elements
with large R-charge, in quantum field theories with\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) superconformal …

Localization vs holography in 4d = 2 quiver theories

M Billò, M Frau, A Lerda, A Pini, P Vallarino - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We study 4-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 superconformal quiver gauge theories
obtained with an orbifold projection from\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 SYM, and compute the 2-and 3 …

More exact results in the Wilson loop defect CFT: bulk-defect OPE, nonplanar corrections and quantum spectral curve

S Giombi, S Komatsu - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform exact computations of correlation functions of 1/2-BPS local operators and
protected operator insertions on the 1/8-BPS Wilson loop in SYM. This generalizes the …

A limit for large R-charge correlators in = 2 theories

A Bourget, D Rodriguez-Gomez, JG Russo - Journal of High Energy …, 2018 - Springer
A bstract Using supersymmetric localization, we study the sector of chiral primary operators
(Tr ϕ 2) n with large R-charge 4n in\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 four-dimensional superconformal …

Growing extra dimensions in AdS/CFT

LF Alday, E Perlmutter - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 - Springer
What is the dimension of spacetime? We address this question in the context of the AdS/CFT
Correspondence. We give a prescription for computing the number of large bulk dimensions …

Strong-coupling results for = 2 superconformal quivers and holography

M Billò, M Frau, F Galvagno, A Lerda, A Pini - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We consider\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 superconformal quiver gauge theories in four
dimensions and evaluate the chiral/anti-chiral correlators of single-trace operators. We show …