Wilson Loops and

Scattering Amplitudes
Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas
University of Michigan

Ten Years of the AdS/CFT

Correpondence
Buenos Aires, December 2007
 Gauge/Gravity
SCFT: Quiver Gauge
Theories
AdS5xS5 =(N = 4 SYM)

Nonconformal Theories
Plane wave
Finite
Temperature
Spin Chain, Integrability

From Confinement to
Asymptotic Freedom

Scattering amplitudes
 Outline

From Confinement to
Asymptotic Freedom

C. Terrero-Escalante,
D. Phalen
Cusps in nonconformal backgrounds:
Semiclassical approach

Cusps in noncritical string theories:

Sting theory computations

G. Giribet, N.Quiroz
 Universal versus Particular
 WQCD
 Klebanov-Strassler
 x SL(2, )/U(1))
1,3

 Non-critical flow solution (KM)

 The Cusp Anomalous Dimension
 Controls the asymptotic behavior of
various gauge invariant quantities
 Double-log (Sudakov) asymptotics of form
factors
 Logarithmic scaling of anomalous dimension
of higher-spin operators (twist-two)

The gluon Regge trajectory
 Infrared asymptotics of scattering amplitudes
Kormchemsky-
Radyushkin
N =4 SYM

Alday-Maldacena
 Cups and anomalous dimensions
 The Configuration
 The evaluation
 The result Kruczenski, Makeenko
WQCD
 t
3 2 2 3 4 2 2
r( t )( r0 ) ( tt0 ) small
 (  r0 3 r0  3 r0   3 r0 3 r0  )
2 2
2 2 4 3 3 4 3
( tt0 )  ( 6  t0 r0 3  t0 r0 2  36  r0 
2 t0 ( 3 r0 3 r0  )
3 4 2 6 3 5 4 4 5 3 5 2 4 3 3 2 6 2 4 7
12 r0  18 r0 3  r0 18  r0 45  r0 60  r0 15  r0 60  r0 95  r0 45 r0  75 r0  18 r0  3
 2
6 5  2 2 2  3 4
5  30 r0  )  6 t0 ( 3 r0 3 r0  )  ( tt0 ) O( ( tt0 ) )
 t large
2
 d  3 3
 2   r( t )   ( r( t ) 2 ro ) 3 3
 d  3 dt  3 r( t ) ro
 r( t )    0
 2 
 2 3 3 2 4
 dt  ( r( t ) ro ) r( t ) r( t )
Universality: KS does the
same
Preliminary
 Non-critical String Theory
 x SL(2, )/U(1) and N
1,3
=1 SYM
 The classical calculation of the cusp
 The string theory computation
Cusp : Semiclassical
Klebanov-Hashimoto (96)
No hard behavior yet
From Confinement to Asymptotic Freedom
 T-duality: Scattering
 The classical configuration
 General properties
 KS, WQCD: Universal and particular