String representation of Wilson loops

Alvarez, Enrique; Gomez, Cesar; Ortin, Tomas

doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00103-0

String representation of Wilson loops

Enrique Alvarez
(
- Madrid, Autonoma U.
)
,
Cesar Gomez
(
- Madrid, Autonoma U. and
- Madrid, IMAFF
)
,
Tomas Ortin
(
- Madrid, Autonoma U. and
- Madrid, IMAFF
)

Jun, 1998

21 pages

Published in:

Nucl.Phys.B 545 (1999) 217-232

e-Print:

hep-th/9806075 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00103-0

Report number:

IFT-UAM-CSIC-98-1

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Abstract:

We explore the consequences of imposing Polyakov's zig/zag-invariance in the search for a confining string. We first find that the requirement of zig/zag-invariance seems to be incompatible with spacetime supersymmetry. We then try to find zig/zag-invariant string backgrounds on which to implement the minimal-area prescription for the calculation of Wilson loops considering different possibilities.

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Latex2e file. Shortened and improved Report-no: IFT-UAM/CSIC-98-1

11.15.-q
12.40.-y
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gauge field theory: nonabelian
Wilson loop
string: confinement
supersymmetry
membrane model: D-brane
boundary condition
field theory: Liouville

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