Operator product expansion for Wilson loops and surfaces in the large {ital N} limit

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.105023· OSTI ID:337602

Berenstein, D; Corrado, R; Fischler, W ^[1]; Maldacena, J ^[2]

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1. Theory Group, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)
2. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)

The operator product expansion for {open_quotes}small{close_quotes} Wilson loops in N=4, d=4 SYM theory is studied. The OPE coefficients are calculated in the large {ital N} and g{sub YM}{sup 2}N limit by exploiting the AdS-CFT correspondence. We also consider Wilson surfaces in the (0,2), d=6 superconformal theory. In this case, we find that the UV divergent terms include a term proportional to the rigid string action. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 337602
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 59; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
STRING MODELS
SUPERGRAVITY
SUPERSTRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
WILSON LOOP
YANG-MILLS THEORY