Wilson loop remainder function for null polygons in the limit of self-crossing

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2011)114zbMATH Open1296.81057arXiv1104.2469OpenAlexW2083210988MaRDI QIDQ457362FDOQ457362

Authors: Harald Dorn, Sebastian Wuttke 

Publication date: 26 September 2014

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

Abstract: The remainder function of Wilson loops for null polygons becomes divergent if two vertices approach each other. We apply RG techniques to the limiting configuration of a contour with self-intersection. As a result for the two loop remainder we find a quadratic divergence in the logarithm of the distance between the two approaching vertices. The divergence is multiplied by a factor, which is given by a pure number plus the product of two logarithms of cross-ratios characterising the conformal geometry of the self-crossing.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.2469

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zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupAdS-CFT correspondenceduality in gauge field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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