More supersymmetric Wilson loops

2007/04/18 by Nadav Drukker, Simone Giombi, Riccardo Ricci +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.76.107703

published as Phys.Rev.D76:107703,2007 · 9 pages, LaTeX

arxiv created 2007/04/18 · openalex publication_date 2007/11/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present a large new family of Wilson loop operators in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. For an arbitrary curve on the three dimensional sphere one can add certain scalar couplings to the Wilson loop so it preserves at least two supercharges. Some previously known loops, notably the 1/2 BPS circle, belong to this class, but we point out many more special cases which were not known before and could provide further tests of the AdS/CFT correspondence.

Citations

• An exact prediction of N=4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory for string theory

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