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BPS versus nonBPS Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

J. Erickson
(
- Bohr Inst. and
- British Columbia U.
)
,
G.W. Semenoff
(
- Bohr Inst. and
- British Columbia U.
)
,
K. Zarembo
(
- British Columbia U. and
- Moscow, ITEP and
- Bohr Inst.
)

Jun, 1999

7 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 466 (1999) 239-243

e-Print:

hep-th/9906211 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01131-4

Report number:

ITEP-TH-25-99

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Abstract:

Correlators of Wilson loop operators with O_4=Tr(F_{\mu\nu}^2+...) are computed in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory using the AdS/CFT correspondence. The results are compared with the leading order perturbative computations. As a consequence of conformal invariance, these correlators have identical forms in the weak and strong coupling limits for circular loops. They are essentially different for contours not protected by conformal symmetry.

Note:

7 pages, 1 postscript figure, minor corrections and clarifying arguments

gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
supersymmetry
field theory: conformal
field theory: anti-de Sitter
supergravity
soliton: BPS
Wilson loop
correlation function
perturbation theory: higher-order
duality

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