Wavy Wilson Line and AdS/CFT
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Wilson loops which are small deviations from straight, infinite lines, called wavy lines, are considered in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. A single wavy line and the connected correlation function of a straight and wavy line are considered. It is argued that, to leading order in ``waviness'', the functional form of the loop is universal and the coefficient, which is a function of the 't Hooft coupling, is found in weak coupling perturbation theory and the strong coupling limit using the AdS/CFT correspondence. Supersymmetric arguments are used to simplify the computation and to show that the straight line obeys the Migdal-Makeenko loop equation.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0405288,
title = {Wavy Wilson Line and AdS/CFT},
author = {Gordon W. Semenoff and Donovan Young},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0405288},
year = {2009}
}