Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: We present results for Wilson loops in strongly coupled gauge theories. The loops may be taken around an arbitrarily shaped contour and in any field theory with a dual IIB geometry of the form $M\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{S}^{5}$. No assumptions about supersymmetry are made. The first result uses D5 branes to show how the loop in any antisymmetric representation is computed in terms of the loop in the fundamental representation. The second result uses D3 branes to observe that each loop defines a rich sequence of operators associated with minimal surfaces in ${S}^{5}$. The action of these configurations are all computable. Both results have features suggesting a connection with integrability.
Author: Sean A. Hartnoll
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2156567143