Dressed Wilson Loops on S^2
arXiv:1104.3746 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.016
Abstract
We present a new, two-parameter family of string solutions corresponding to the holographic duals of specific 1/8-BPS Wilson loops on S^2 in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The solutions are obtained using the dressing method on the known longitude solution in the context of the auxiliary sigma-model on S^3 put forth in arXiv:0905.0665[hep-th]. We verify that the regularized area of the worldsheets are consistent with expectations.
1+14 pages, 4 figures. v2 added numerical results, version published in Phys. Lett. B