Generalized quark-antiquark potential at weak and strong coupling

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DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2011)131zbMATH Open1298.81379arXiv1105.5144OpenAlexW2102770831MaRDI QIDQ466592FDOQ466592


Authors: Nadav Drukker, Valentina Forini Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 October 2014

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

Abstract: We study a two-parameter family of Wilson loop operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory which interpolates smoothly between the 1/2 BPS line or circle and a pair of antiparallel lines. These observables capture a natural generalization of the quark-antiquark potential. We calculate these loops on the gauge theory side to second order in perturbation theory and in a semiclassical expansion in string theory to one-loop order. The resulting determinants are given in integral form and can be evaluated numerically for general values of the parameters or analytically in a systematic expansion around the 1/2 BPS configuration. We comment about the feasibility of deriving all-loop results for these Wilson loops.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5144




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