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Gauge fields - strings duality and the loop equation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We explore gauge fields - strings duality by means of the loop equations and the zigzag symmetry. The results are striking and incomplete. Striking - because we find that the string ansatz proposed in [A.M. Polyakov, hep-th/9711002] satisfies gauge theory Schwinger-Dyson equations precisely at the critical dimension D=4. Incomplete - since we get these results only in the WKB approximation and only for a special class of contours. The ways to go beyond these limitations and in particular the OPE for operators defined on the loop are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0002106,
  title  = {Gauge fields - strings duality and the loop equation},
  author = {A. Polyakov and V. Rychkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0002106},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages, 3 references added, minor changes