A note on four-point functions of conformal operators in N=4 Super-Yang Mills

Abstract

We find that the first-order correction to the free-field result for the four-point function of the conformal operator $\tr(φ^iφ^j)$ is nonvanishing and survives in the limit $N_c \rar \infty$.

Figures (3)

• Figure 1: Lowest order contribution to $\langle (\hbox{Tr}\phi\phi)^4 \rangle$
• Figure 2: Feynman diagrams contributing to $\langle (\hbox{Tr}\phi\phi)^2 \rangle$.
• Figure 3: Sole contribution to the correlator $\langle {\cal O}_{11}{\cal O}_{22}\bar{{\cal O}}^{11}\bar{{\cal O}}^{22} \rangle$ in superfields and components