Dual superconformal symmetry, and the amplitude/Wilson loop connection

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DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/062zbMATH Open1245.81267arXiv0807.3196OpenAlexW2949900621MaRDI QIDQ445594FDOQ445594

Nathan J. Berkovits, Juan Maldacena

Publication date: 26 August 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that tree level superstring theories on certain supersymmetric backgrounds admit a symmetry which we call ``fermionic T-duality. This is a non-local redefinition of the fermionic worldsheet fields similar to the redefinition we perform on bosonic variables when we do an ordinary T-duality. This duality maps a supersymmetric background to another supersymmetric background with different RR fields and a different dilaton. We show that a certain combination of bosonic and fermionic T-dualities maps the full superstring theory on AdS5imesS5 back to itself in such a way that gluon scattering amplitudes in the original theory map to something very close to Wilson loops in the dual theory. This duality maps the ``dual superconformal symmetry of the original theory to the ordinary superconformal symmetry of the dual model. This explains the dual superconformal invariance of planar scattering amplitudes of N=4 super Yang Mills and also sheds some light on the connection between amplitudes and Wilson loops. In the appendix, we propose a simple prescription for open superstring MHV tree amplitudes in a flat background.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3196




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