Correlators of multiple light-like Wilson loops

James Drummond (U Southampton)

Mar 12. 2026, 10:45 — 11:45

In planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, scattering amplitudes can be described by light-like Wilson loops. Here I will discuss correlators of multiple light-like loop operators. These objects satisfy many of the same properties obeyed by individual Wilson loops (or amplitudes). For example, they can be usefully formulated in super twistor space, they obey BCFW recursion relations, they obey integral-differential (Q-bar) equations related to supersymmetry and they can be related to correlation functions of local operators in (multiple) light-like limits.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Daniele Agostini (U Tübingen)
Lara Bossinger (UNAM, Oaxaca)
Ruth Britto (Trinity College, Dublin)
Johannes Henn (MPP, Munich)
Jianrong Li (U of Vienna)
Anna-Laura Sattelberger (MPI MIS, Leipzig)
Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala U)