Remarks on Holographic Wilson Loops and the Schwinger Effect
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-03-07 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We extend Douglas' solution of the problem of finding minimal surfaces to anti-de Sitter space. The case of a circle as a boundary contour is elaborated. We discuss applications to super Yang-Mills: a circular Wilson loop and the Schwinger process, where we calculate the correction to the critical value of constant electric field.
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@article{arxiv.1112.5606,
title = {Remarks on Holographic Wilson Loops and the Schwinger Effect},
author = {Jan Ambjorn and Yuri Makeenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5606},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
6pp; v2: one paragraph added, v3: title as published in PRD