Conformal Ward identities for Wilson loops and a test of the duality with gluon amplitudes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 826, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 337-364

  Drummond, J M ^a   Henn, J ^a   Korchemsky, G P ^b   Sokatchev, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 71649089588     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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