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In this paper we complete the exploration of connected components of the space of BPS Wilson loops in three-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4 Chern-Simons-matter theory on S3. The algorithm is to start with a supersymmetric Wilson loop, choose a preserved supercharge, and look for BPS deformations built out of the matter fields in the proper representations. Using this, we discover many new moduli spaces of nonconformal BPS Wilson loops preserving a single or two supercharges, which are subsets of the symmetries of the 1/4 and 3/8 BPS operators. Along with the those previously found in [1, 2] and [3], the total moduli spaces are closed under this formalism.
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We would like to thank N. Drukker for suggesting us to write this paper, for his support and inspirational comments throughout the project, and for his great help in improving the draft. And we would like to acknowledge related collaboration with N. Drukker, M. Probst, M. Tenser and D. Trancanelli. The work of ZK is supported by CSC grant No. 201906340174. ZK would like to thank the University of Barcelona and the DESY theory group for their hospitality in the course of this work.
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Kong, Z. A network of hyperloops. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2023)111
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