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String Representation of Wilson Loops

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v4

Abstract

We explore the consequences of imposing Polyakov's zig/zag-invariance in the search for a confining string. We first find that the requirement of zig/zag-invariance seems to be incompatible with spacetime supersymmetry. We then try to find zig/zag-invariant string backgrounds on which to implement the minimal-area prescription for the calculation of Wilson loops considering different possibilities.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806075,
  title  = {String Representation of Wilson Loops},
  author = {E. Alvarez and C. Gomez and T. Ortin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806075},
  year   = {2009}
}

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