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arxiv: 0906.1592 · v2 · pith:WH2VAIBTnew · submitted 2009-06-08 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph

A Tail of a Quark in N=4 SYM

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keywords quarkequationcompositedynamicsmakingradiationcapturesconfiguration
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We study the dynamics of a `composite' or `dressed' quark in strongly-coupled large-N_c N=4 super-Yang-Mills, making use of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We show that the standard string dynamics nicely captures the physics of the quark and its surrounding non-Abelian field configuration, making it possible to derive a relativistic equation of motion that incorporates the effects of radiation damping. From this equation one can deduce a non-standard dispersion relation for the composite quark, as well as a Lorentz covariant formula for its rate of radiation. We explore the consequences of the equation in a few simple examples.

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