Gauge/string duality for weak coupling

Edward Witten

doi:10.1142/9789812567147_0019

Gauge/string duality for weak coupling

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We review some of the unexpected simplifications of perturbative Yang–Mills theory, and motivate the idea of explaining them by using a string theory in which the target space is twistor space. Perturbative Yang– Mills scattering amplitudes arise from an instanton expansion in this string theory.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Pages	459-487
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9789812567147
ISBN (Print)	9812560076, 9789812389343
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812567147_0019
State	Published - Jan 1 2005
Externally published	Yes

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