Gluon scattering in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory fromweak to strong coupling

Conference · Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:926181

Dixon, Lance J

I describe some recent developments in the understanding of gluon scattering amplitudes in N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory in the large-N{sub c} limit. These amplitudes can be computed to high orders in the weak coupling expansion, and also now at strong coupling using the AdS/CFT correspondence. They hold the promise of being solvable to all orders in the gauge coupling, with the help of techniques based on integrability. They are intimately related to expectation values for polygonal Wilson loops composed of light-like segments.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 926181
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-13167; arXiv:0803.2475; TRN: US0803101
• Resource Relation: Conference: Talk given at 8th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections (RADCOR 2007): Application of Quantum Field Theory to Phenomenology, Florence, Italy, 1-6 Oct 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
SCATTERING
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
WILSON LOOP
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