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We continue the study of the octagon form factor which helps to evaluate a class of four-point correlation functions in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4 SYM theory. The octagon is characterised, besides the kinematical parameters, by a “bridge” of ℓ propagators connecting two nonadjacent operators. In this paper we construct an operator representation of the octagon with finite bridge as an expectation value in the Fock space of free complex fermions. The bridge ℓ appears as the level of filling of the Dirac sea. We obtain determinant identities relating octagons with different bridges, which we derive from the expression of the octagon in terms of discrete fermionic oscillators. The derivation is based on the existence of a previously conjectured similarity transformation, which we find here explicitly.
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Kostov, I., Petkova, V.B. Octagon with finite bridge: free fermions and determinant identities. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 98 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2021)098
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