All Tree-Level MHV Form Factors in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM from Twistor Space

Abstract

We incorporate all gauge-invariant local composite operators into the twistor-space formulation of N=4 SYM theory, detailing and expanding on ideas we presented recently in arXiv:1603.04471. The vertices for these operators contain infinitely many terms and we show how they can be constructed by taking suitable derivatives of a light-like Wilson loop in twistor space and shrinking it down to a point. In particular, these vertices directly yield the tree-level MHV super form factors of all composite operators in N=4 SYM theory.

arXiv comment16+13 pages, 8 figures; v2: some clarifications added, matches journal version

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