Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A bstract The chiral algebra of 4D $$\mathcal{N}=4$$ SU( N ) super-Yang-Mills theory is an $$\mathcal{N}=4$$ superconformal vertex operator algebra. We analyse the structure of this algebra by studying recursively the constraints that are required by the associativity of the operator product expansion. We find that the algebra is uniquely characterized by the central charge (which can take an arbitrary value), without any additional free parameter. Furthermore, the truncation pattern of the OPE coefficients suggests that the algebra cannot arise from the symmetric orbifold.
Source: Journal of High Energy Physics
Authors: Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Wei Li
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funders: National Science Foundation, Simons Foundation, National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
OpenAlex ID: W4415312660