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Scaling dimensions and integrability for spinning cusp insertions

Compute the scaling dimensions of spinning operator insertions at the Maldacena–Wilson cusp relevant for Coulomb‑branch scattering in planar N=4 SYM and investigate whether integrability methods can be developed to solve for their spectra.

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Background

The present work leverages integrability results for parity‑even SO(2)×SO(5) singlets to determine the leading and subleading Regge trajectories but indicates that spinning insertions lie beyond the current state of the art.

A comprehensive understanding of spinning cusp operators would generalize the Regge/cusp correspondence, enrich the spectral data accessible at finite coupling, and potentially broaden integrability techniques.

References

Computing the scaling dimensions of these operators and investigating whether integrability techniques can be applied to them remains an open problem.

From Partons to Strings: Scattering on the Coulomb Branch of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM (2510.19909 - Alday et al., 22 Oct 2025) in Section 7 (Conclusions and open directions), bullet: Spinning cusp insertions