Published June 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

BMN operators from Wilson loop

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

Description

We show that the BMN operators arise from the expansion of the Wilson loop in four-dimensional N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory. The Wilson loop we consider is obtained from 'dimensional reduction' of ten-dimensional N = 1 super Yang-Mills theory, and it contains six scalar fields as well as the gauge field. We expand the Wilson loop twice. First we expand it in powers of the fluctuations around a BPS loop configuration. Then we further expand each term in the result of the first step in powers of the scalar field Z associated with the BPS configuration. We find that each operator in this expansion with large number of Z is the BMN operator. The number of fluctuations corresponds to the number of impurities, and the phase factor of each BMN operator is supplied correctly. We have to impose the locally supersymmetric condition on the loop for obtaining the complete form of the BMN operators including the correction terms with Z-bar . Our observation suggests the correspondence between the Wilson loop and the string field

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1126-6708/2005/i=06/a=050/jhep062005050.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
2005
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. 050
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36096374
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRECTIONS; EXPANSION; FIELD OPERATORS; FLUCTUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; SUPERSYMMETRY; WILSON LOOP; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY; VARIATIONS