Perturbative bootstrap of the Wilson-line defect CFT: Multipoint correlators

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Abstract

We study the defect CFT associated with the half-BPS Wilson line in N=4\mathcal{N}=4 Super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. Using a perturbative bootstrap approach, we derive new analytical results for multipoint correlators of protected defect operators at large NN and weak coupling. At next-to-next-to-leading order, we demonstrate that the simplest five- and six-point functions are fully determined by non-perturbative constraints -- which include superconformal symmetry, crossing symmetry, and the pinching of operators to lower-point functions -- as well as by a single integral, known as the train track integral. Additionally, we present new analytical results for the four-point functions ⟨1122⟩\langle 1122 \rangle and ⟨1212⟩\langle 1212 \rangle.

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