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I consider three-point functions of twist-one operators in ABJM at weak coupling. I compute the structure constant of correlators involving one twist-one un-protected operator and two protected ones for a few finite values of the spin, up to two-loop order. As an application I enforce a limit on the gauge group ranks, in which I relate the structure constant for three chiral primary operators to the expectation value of a supersymmetric Wilson loop. Such a relation is then used to perform a successful five-loop test on the matrix model conjectured to describe the supersymmetric Wilson loop.
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Bianchi, M.S. On three-point functions in ABJM and the latitude Wilson loop. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 75 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2020)075
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