Generalized quark-antiquark potential at weak and strong coupling
Generalized quark-antiquark potential at weak and strong coupling
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DOI:
10.1007/jhep06(2011)131
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发表时间:
2011-05
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
N. Drukker;V. Forini
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作者:
N. Drukker;V. Forini
We study a two-parameter family of Wilson loop operators insuper-symmetric 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.