Published June 2007
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Journal article
Gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling
Creators
- 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics and Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University, 3508 TD Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 2. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)
Description
We describe how to compute planar gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling in N = 4 super Yang Mills by using the gauge/string duality. The computation boils down to finding a certain classical string configuration whose boundary conditions are determined by the gluon momenta. The results are infrared divergent. We introduce the gravity version of dimensional regularization to define finite quantities. The leading and subleading IR divergencies are characterized by two functions of the coupling that we compute at strong coupling. We compute also the full finite form for the four point amplitude and we find agreement with a recent ansatz by Bern, Dixon and Smirnov
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 2007
- Journal Page Range
- p. 064
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38084010
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COUPLING; DUALITY; GLUONS; GRAVITATION; INFRARED DIVERGENCES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; BOSONS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; SYMMETRY