Eight loop form factors, amplitudes and patterns in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory
L. Dixon* and Z. Li
*: corresponding author
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Published on: September 24, 2026
Abstract
The simplest nontrivial amplitude in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills
theory is six-gluon scattering in the maximally-helicity-violating configuration. It has been computed to 8 loops with the help of antipodal duality, which relates it to the three-point form factor of a protected operator, the chiral stress tensor super-multiplet, represented also as ${\rm tr} \phi^2$. In this talk, we describe the computation to 8 loops of another three-point form factor, for the operator ${\rm tr}\phi^3$. This form factor lives in the same restricted
space of polylogarithms as the ${\rm tr}\phi^2$ form factor. We also report on all-order patterns for sequences of coefficients in the symbols of these
polylogarithmic results, for the leading discontinuity of the ${\rm tr}\phi^3$ form factor.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.521.0008
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