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The String Calculation of QCD Wilson Loops on Arbitrary Surfaces

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

Compact string expressions are found for non-intersecting Wilson loops in SU(N) Yang-Mills theory on any surface (orientable or nonorientable) as a weighted sum over covers of the surface. All terms from the coupled chiral sectors of the 1/N expansion of the Wilson loop expectation values are included.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9411143,
  title  = {The String Calculation of QCD Wilson Loops on Arbitrary Surfaces},
  author = {Stephen G. Naculich and Harold A. Riggs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9411143},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, LaTeX, no figures

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