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Light-like Wilson loops in ABJM and maximal transcendentality

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We revisit the computation of the two-loop light-like tetragonal Wilson loop for three dimensional pure Chern-Simons and \( \mathcal{N} \) = 6 Chern-Simons-matter theory, within dimensional regularization with dimensional reduction scheme. Our examination shows that, contrary to prior belief, the result respects maximal transcendentality as is the case of the four-point scattering amplitude of the theory. Interestingly, the corrected result matches exactly the scattering amplitude both in the divergent and in the finite parts, constants included.

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Bianchi, M.S., Giribet, G., Leoni, M. et al. Light-like Wilson loops in ABJM and maximal transcendentality. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 111 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2013)111

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