Published January 28, 2013
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Journal article
Minimal Area Surfaces, Euclidean Wilson loops and Riemann Theta Functions
- 1. Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2036 (United States)
Description
The AdS/CFT correspondence relates Wilson loops in supersymmetric N = 4 gauge theory to minimal area surfaces in anti-de Sitter space. In this paper we consider the case of Euclidean flat Wilson loops which are related to minimal area surfaces in Euclidean AdS3 space. Using known mathematical results for such minimal area surfaces we describe an infinite parameter family of analytic solutions for closed Wilson loops. Further, we also consider examples of surfaces with two boundaries dual to correlators of two Wilson loops.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/411/1/012017Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 411
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [8 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 20. international conference on integrable systems and quantum symmetries
- Acronym
- ISQS-20
- Dates
- 17-23 Jun 2012
- Place
- Prague (Czech Republic)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44070015
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; ANTI DE SITTER SPACE; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RIEMANN FUNCTION; SUPERSYMMETRY; SURFACES; WILSON LOOP
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; SYMMETRY