More supersymmetric Wilson loops

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.76.107703· OSTI ID:21027930

Drukker, Nadav ^[1]; Giombi, Simone; Trancanelli, Diego ^[2]; Ricci, Riccardo ^[3]

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1. Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Institut fuer Physik, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
2. C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3840 (United States)
3. Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)

We present a large new family of Wilson loop operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. For an arbitrary curve on the three dimensional sphere one can add certain scalar couplings to the Wilson loop so it preserves at least two supercharges. Some previously known loops, notably the 1/2 BPS circle, belong to this class, but we point out many more special cases which were not known before and could provide further tests of the AdS/CFT correspondence.

• OSTI ID: 21027930
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 76; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SCALARS
SUPERSYMMETRY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
WILSON LOOP
YANG-MILLS THEORY