THE STRING CALCULATION OF WILSON LOOPS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL YANG-MILLS THEORY

Authors
NACULICH SG RIGGS HA SCHNITZER HJ
Citation
Sg. Naculich et al., THE STRING CALCULATION OF WILSON LOOPS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL YANG-MILLS THEORY, International journal of modern physics A, 10(14), 1995, pp. 2097-2122
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
International journal of modern physics A → ACNP
ISSN journal
0217751X
Volume
10
Issue
14
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2097 - 2122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-751X(1995)10:14<2097:TSCOWL>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We demonstrate that the large N expansion of Wilson loop expectation v alues in SO(N) and Sp(N) Yang-Mills theory on orientable and nonorient able surfaces has a natural description as a weighted sum over covers of the given surface. The sum takes the form of the perturbative expan sion of an open string theory. The derivation makes contact with the c lassification of branched covers by Cabal and Kazez. Comparison with t he analogous results for the chiral sectors of QCD(2) is instructive f or both cases.