Light-like Wilson Loops and Cusp Anomalous Dimensions in Nonconformal Gauge Theories

Journal Article · Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2972003· OSTI ID:21149229

Pando Zayas, Leopoldo A; Phalen, Daniel J ^[1]; Terrero-Escalante, Cesar A ^[2]

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1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040 (United States)
2. Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados Av. Politecnico Nacional 2508, Mexico D.F. 07360 (Mexico)

We emphasize that nonconformal theories provide a natural playground for the ideas of the Maldacena conjecture opening the possibility of exploring properties that could potentially be in the same universality class as QCD. In particular, we discuss in detail how light-like Wilson loops, an important ingredient in the prescription for scattering amplitudes, can be described in a number of gravity duals of nonconformal gauge theories. We point out to a few universal properties and the prominent role of the strong scale.

• OSTI ID: 21149229
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1031, Issue 1; Conference: Conference on ten years of ADS/CFT, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 19-21 Dec 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2972003; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHIRAL SYMMETRY
CUSPED GEOMETRIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GRAVITATION
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
STRING MODELS
STRING THEORY
SYMMETRY BREAKING
WILSON LOOP
YANG-MILLS THEORY