Symmetries of Maldacena-Wilson loops from integrable string theory. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hagen Münkler.
• Authors: Münkler, Hagen
• Contents: Intro; Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Publications; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Symmetries, Fields and Loops; 2.1 Symmetries; 2.1.1 Conformal Symmetry; 2.1.2 =4 Superconformal Symmetry; 2.1.3 Yangian Symmetry; 2.2 =4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory; 2.3 The AdS/CFT Correspondence; 2.3.1 Anti-de Sitter Space; 2.3.2 The Correspondence; 2.4 The Maldacena-Wilson Loop; 2.4.1 Wilson Loops in Gauge Theories; 2.4.2 The Maldacena-Wilson Loop; 2.4.3 The Strong-Coupling Description; 2.4.4 The Circular Maldacena-Wilson Loop; 2.4.5 The Duality to Scattering Amplitudes 4.3 Large Symmetry Transformations4.3.1 Analytical Deformations; 4.3.2 Numerical Deformations; 4.4 Infinitesimal Symmetry Transformations; 4.4.1 Variations of the Boundary Curves; 4.4.2 Evaluation of Conserved Charges; 4.5 Minimal Surfaces in S5; References; 5 Away from Strong Coupling; 5.1 Transferring Variations; 5.2 Transferring Generators; References; 6 Semisymmetric Space Models; 6.1 The String Action; 6.2 Integrability; 6.3 Master Symmetry; 6.4 Bonus Symmetries; References; 7 Minimal Surfaces in Superspace; 7.1 Poincaré Coordinates for the Supercoset; 7.2 The Superconformal Boundary 7.3 The Bulk Expansion7.3.1 Equations of Motion; 7.3.2 Virasoro Constraints; 7.3.3 Variation of the Minimal Area; 7.4 Yangian Symmetry; 7.4.1 Level Zero; 7.4.2 Level One; References; 8 Conclusion and Outlook; References; Appendix; A.1 Spinor Conventions; A.1.1 Four-Dimensional Minkowski Space; A.1.2 Six-Dimensional Euclidean Space; A.1.3 Ten-Dimensional Minkowski Space; A.2 The Fundamental Representation of mathfraku(2, 2 vert4); A.3 Matrix-Valued Differential Forms; A.4 Transformation of the Local Term; A.5 Densities of the Yangian Generators; A.5.1 Level Zero; A.5.2 Level 1; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 516.1; Loops (Group theory); String models; Symmetry (Mathematics); MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Loops (Group theory); String models; Symmetry (Mathematics); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030036058; 3030036057
• Related ISBNs: 9783030036041
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Decmeber 03, 2018).
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