Duality between Wilson loops and gluon amplitudes
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Publication:3653191
DOI10.1002/PROP.200900048zbMATH Open1216.81117arXiv0903.0522OpenAlexW2062092105MaRDI QIDQ3653191FDOQ3653191
Authors: Johannes Henn 
Publication date: 21 December 2009
Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: An intriguing new duality between planar MHV gluon amplitudes and light-like Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills is investigated. We extend previous checks of the duality by performing a two-loop calculation of the rectangular and pentagonal Wilson loop. Furthermore, we derive an all-order broken conformal Ward identity for the Wilson loops and analyse its consequences. Starting from six points, the Ward identity allows for an arbitrary function of conformal invariants to appear in the expression for the Wilson loop. We compute this function at six points and two loops and discuss its implications for the corresponding gluon amplitude. It is found that the duality disagrees with a conjecture for the gluon amplitudes by Bern et al. A recent calculation by Bern et al indeed shows that the latter conjecture breaks down at six gluons and at two loops. By doing a numerical comparison with their results we find that the duality between gluon amplitudes and Wilson loops is preserved. This review is based on the author's PhD thesis and includes developments until May 2008.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0522
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