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On anomalous conformal Ward identities for Wilson loops on polygon-like contours with circular edges

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We derive the anomalous conformal Ward identities for N=4{\cal N}=4 SYM Wilson loops on polygon-like contours with edges formed by circular arcs. With a suitable choice of parameterisation they are very similarly to those for local correlation functions. Their solutions have a conformally covariant factor depending on the distances of the corners times a conformally invariant remainder factor depending, besides on cross ratios of the corners, on the cusp angles and angles parameterising the torsion of the contours.

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@article{arxiv.2001.03391,
  title  = {On anomalous conformal Ward identities for Wilson loops on polygon-like contours with circular edges},
  author = {Harald Dorn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03391},
  year   = {2020}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures, title for announcement completed, titles for appendices added, reference added