DOAJ Open Access 2026

Strong coupling expansion of 12 BPS Wilson loop in SYM theory and 2-loop Green-Schwarz string in AdS5 × S5

M. Beccaria S.A. Kurlyand A.A. Tseytlin

Abstrak

The exact localization result for the expectation value of the 12 BPS circular Wilson loop in N=4 SYM theory is given in the planar limit by the famous Bessel function expression: 〈W〉=2NλI1(λ). Expanded in large λ and expressed in terms of the AdS5 × S5 string tension T=λ2π this gives 〈W〉=T2πgse2πT(1−316πT−1+…).The exponential is matched by the value of the action of the string with the AdS2 world volume while the prefactor comes from the 1-loop GS string correction. Here we address the question of how the subleading T−1 term could be reproduced by the 2-loop correction in the corresponding partition function of the AdS5 × S5 GS string expanded near the AdS2 minimal surface. We find that the string correction contains a non-zero UV logarithmic divergence implying that comparison with the SYM result requires a particular subtraction prescription. We discuss implications of this conclusion for checking the AdS/CFT duality at strong coupling.

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S.A. Kurlyand

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A.A. Tseytlin

Format Sitasi

Beccaria, M., Kurlyand, S., Tseytlin, A. (2026). Strong coupling expansion of 12 BPS Wilson loop in SYM theory and 2-loop Green-Schwarz string in AdS5 × S5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2026.117387

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Tahun Terbit
2026
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DOAJ
DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2026.117387
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