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High energy behavior of a six-point R-current correlator in \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

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We study the high energy limit of a six-point R-current correlator in \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory for finite N c . We make use of the framework of perturbative resummation of large logarithms of the energy. More specifically, we apply the (extended) generalized leading logarithmic approximation. We find that the same conformally invariant two-to-four gluon vertex occurs as in non-supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. As a new feature we find a direct coupling of the four-gluon t-channel state to the R-current impact factor.

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  1. II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761, Hamburg, Germany

    Jochen Bartels, Martin Hentschinski & Anna-Maria Mischler

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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Bartels, J., Ewerz, C., Hentschinski, M. et al. High energy behavior of a six-point R-current correlator in \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 18 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2010)018

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