Simplicity of polygon Wilson loops in N = 4 SYM

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brandhuber, Andreas ^a   Heslop, Paul ^b   Khoze, Valentin V ^b   Travaglini, Gabriele ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Duality in gauge field theories; Extended supersymmetry; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954947053     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)050     Document Type: Article

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