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Dressed Wilson Loops on S^2

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-08-09 v2

Abstract

We present a new, two-parameter family of string solutions corresponding to the holographic duals of specific 1/8-BPS Wilson loops on S^2 in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The solutions are obtained using the dressing method on the known longitude solution in the context of the auxiliary sigma-model on S^3 put forth in arXiv:0905.0665[hep-th]. We verify that the regularized area of the worldsheets are consistent with expectations.

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@article{arxiv.1104.3746,
  title  = {Dressed Wilson Loops on S^2},
  author = {Chrysostomos Kalousios and Donovan Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.3746},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

1+14 pages, 4 figures. v2 added numerical results, version published in Phys. Lett. B

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