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In this paper we construct a light-like polygonal Wilson loop in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 6 super-space for ABJM theory. We then use it to obtain constraints on its two- and three-loop bosonic version, by focusing on higher order terms in the θ expansion. The Grassmann expansion of the three-loop answer contains integrals which may be elliptic polylogarithms. Our results take their simplest form when expressed in terms of OSp(6|4) supertwistors.
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Rosso, M., Vergu, C. Wilson loops in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 6 superspace for ABJM theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)176
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