The cusp anomalous dimension at three loops and beyond

We derive an analytic formula at three loops for the cusp anomalous dimension Γ cusp(φ) in N = 4 super Yang-Mills. This is done by exploiting the relation of the latter to the Regge limit of massive amplitudes. We comment on the corresponding three loops quark anti-quark potential. Our result also d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Correa, Diego Hernán, Henn, Johannes, Maldacena, Juan, Sever, Amit
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/95790
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95790
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
’t Hooft and Polyakov loops
1/N expansion
AdS-CFT correspondence
Scattering amplitudes
Wilson
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Sumario:We derive an analytic formula at three loops for the cusp anomalous dimension Γ cusp(φ) in N = 4 super Yang-Mills. This is done by exploiting the relation of the latter to the Regge limit of massive amplitudes. We comment on the corresponding three loops quark anti-quark potential. Our result also determines a considerable part of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD. Finally, we consider a limit in which only ladder diagrams contribute to physical observables. In that limit, a precise agreement with strong coupling is observed. © 2012 SISSA.