Remarks on holographic Wilson loops and the Schwinger effect

TY - JOUR

T1 - Remarks on holographic Wilson loops and the Schwinger effect

AU - Ambjørn, Jan

AU - Makeenko, Y.

PY - 2012/3/5

Y1 - 2012/3/5

N2 - We extend Douglas' solution of the problem of finding minimal surfaces to anti-de Sitter space. The case of a circle as a boundary contour is elaborated. We discuss applications to N=4 super Yang-Mills: a circular Wilson loop and the Schwinger process, where we calculate the 1/√λ correction to the critical value of constant electric field.

AB - We extend Douglas' solution of the problem of finding minimal surfaces to anti-de Sitter space. The case of a circle as a boundary contour is elaborated. We discuss applications to N=4 super Yang-Mills: a circular Wilson loop and the Schwinger process, where we calculate the 1/√λ correction to the critical value of constant electric field.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.061901

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.061901

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2470-0010

VL - 85

SP - 061901

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

IS - 6

ER -