Café com Física

The Wilson loop with insertion - correlation function duality

by Bruno Fernandes (CF-UM-UP, DFA-FCUP)

Portugal
Sala de Conferências (Departamento de Física FCTUC)

Sala de Conferências

Departamento de Física FCTUC

Universidade de Coimbra
Description

Correlation functions and Wilson loops are key observables in gauge field theories. In conformally invariant theories, these two objects are related, in a certain kinematical limit. In this talk, I will discuss this duality for the case where the Wilson loop has an additional insertion of the Lagrangian operator. After an introduction to the subject matter, I will explain how we can use the operator product expansion (OPE) to translate the known relation into one involving more fundamental objects known as OPE coefficients. Finally, I will show how these objects are related to a quantity known as the cusp anomalous dimension, which is an example of how a conformally invariant theory can give information about QCD.

Organised by

Paulo Brás, Paulo Silva, Jaime Silva