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Conformal properties of four-gluon planar amplitudes and Wilson loops

Conformal properties of four-gluon planar amplitudes and Wilson loops
Conformal properties of four-gluon planar amplitudes and Wilson loops
We present further evidence for a dual conformal symmetry in the four-gluon planar scattering amplitude in N=4 SYM. We show that all the momentum integrals appearing in the perturbative on-shell calculations up to four loops are dual to true conformal integrals, well defined off shell. Assuming that the complete off-shell amplitude has this dual conformal symmetry and using the basic properties of factorization of infrared divergences, we derive the special form of the finite remainder previously found at weak coupling and recently reproduced at strong coupling by AdS/CFT. We show that the same finite term appears in a weak coupling calculation of a Wilson loop whose contour consists of four light-like segments associated with the gluon momenta. We also demonstrate that, due to the special form of the finite remainder, the asymptotic Regge limit of the four-gluon amplitude coincides with the exact expression evaluated for arbitrary values of the Mandelstam variables.
gluon scattering amplitudes, wilson loops, conformal invariance, gauge/string duality
0550-3213
385-408
Drummond, J.M.
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Korchemsky, G.P.
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Sokatchev, E.
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Drummond, J.M.
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Korchemsky, G.P.
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Sokatchev, E.
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Drummond, J.M., Korchemsky, G.P. and Sokatchev, E. (2008) Conformal properties of four-gluon planar amplitudes and Wilson loops. Nuclear Physics B, 795 (1-2), 385-408. (doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.041).

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We present further evidence for a dual conformal symmetry in the four-gluon planar scattering amplitude in N=4 SYM. We show that all the momentum integrals appearing in the perturbative on-shell calculations up to four loops are dual to true conformal integrals, well defined off shell. Assuming that the complete off-shell amplitude has this dual conformal symmetry and using the basic properties of factorization of infrared divergences, we derive the special form of the finite remainder previously found at weak coupling and recently reproduced at strong coupling by AdS/CFT. We show that the same finite term appears in a weak coupling calculation of a Wilson loop whose contour consists of four light-like segments associated with the gluon momenta. We also demonstrate that, due to the special form of the finite remainder, the asymptotic Regge limit of the four-gluon amplitude coincides with the exact expression evaluated for arbitrary values of the Mandelstam variables.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 14 December 2007
Published date: 21 May 2008
Keywords: gluon scattering amplitudes, wilson loops, conformal invariance, gauge/string duality
Organisations: Theoretical Partical Physics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 356763
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356763
ISSN: 0550-3213
PURE UUID: acf88572-28c5-4770-976b-5a89ccfb0151

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Author: J.M. Drummond
Author: G.P. Korchemsky
Author: E. Sokatchev

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