Published December 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum Metamorphosis of a Conformal Transformation in D3-Brane Yang-Mills Theory

  • 1. Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (United States)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153 (Japan)

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We show how the linear special conformal transformation in four-dimensional N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory is metamorphosed into the nonlinear and field-dependent transformation for the collective coordinates of Dirichlet 3-branes, which agrees with the transformation law for the space-time coordinates in the anti - de Sitter (AdS) space-time. Our result provides a new and strong support for the conjectured relation between AdS5x S5 supergravity and super-Yang-Mills theory (SYM). Furthermore, our work sheds elucidating light on the nature of the AdS/SYM correspondence. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 5072-5075
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO