Recognition: unknown
Wilson loops in large N field theories
read the original abstract
We propose a method to calculate the expectation values of an operator similar to the Wilson loop in the large N limit of field theories. We consider N=4 3+1 dimensional super-Yang-Mills. The prescription involves calculating the area of a fundamental string worldsheet in certain supergravity backgrounds. We also consider the case of coincident M-theory fivebranes where one is lead to calculating the area of M-theory two-branes. We briefly discuss the computation for 2+1 dimensional super-Yang-Mills with sixteen supercharges which is non-conformal. In all these cases we calculate the energy of quark-antiquark pair.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet.
Forward citations
Cited by 6 Pith papers
-
Bound states and deconfinement from Romans supergravity with magnetic flux
Holographic duals from Romans supergravity with Abelian magnetic flux yield confining 4D theories with a flux-driven zero-temperature deconfinement transition and a spectrum dominated by two nearly degenerate light sc...
-
Anisotropic drag force in finite-density QGP from charged rotating 5D black holes
The drag force on a heavy quark in a rotating finite-density holographic plasma is purely tangential and anisotropic, with worldsheet regularity fixing the renormalised transverse force and selecting a co-rotating equ...
-
Confinement in a finite duality cascade
Holographic checks confirm area-law confinement, anomaly-matching domain walls via 2+1D TQFT, and unstable axionic strings implying no massless axions in this finite duality cascade model.
-
Holographic entanglement entropy, Wilson loops, and neural networks
Neural networks reconstruct both spatial and timelike bulk metric components from strip entanglement entropy and Wilson loops with sub-0.2% accuracy in holographic models such as AdS-Schwarzschild and Gubser-Rocha.
-
Bouncing singularities and thermal correlators on line defects
Retarded correlators of displacement operators on line defects in holographic thermal CFTs exhibit bouncing singularities that match between interior-sensitive WKB and boundary-only OPE analyses.
-
Regge trajectories from the adjoint sector of Matrix Quantum Mechanics
At criticality in the adjoint sector of matrix quantum mechanics, the spectrum exhibits Regge trajectories Δ² ~ n/α' interpreted as oscillatory excitations of short folded open strings in the dual 2D string theory.
discussion (0)
Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.