G-functions and gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hatsuda, Yasuyuki ^a   Ito, Katsushi ^b   Sakai, Kazuhiro ^c   Satoh, Yuji ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Bethe ansatz; Integrable equations in physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053156400     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)100     Document Type: Article

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