Structure of the Electric Flux in N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

Abstract

Correlators of Wilson loop operators with O_4=Tr(F_{μν}^2+...) are computed in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory using the AdS/CFT correspondence. The results are compared with the leading order perturbative computations. As a consequence of conformal invariance, these correlators have identical forms in the weak and strong coupling limits for circular loops. They are essentially different for contours not protected by conformal symmetry.

7 pages, 1 postscript figure, minor corrections and clarifying arguments

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