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The Operator Product Expansion for Wilson Loops and Surfaces in the Large N Limit

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arxiv hep-th/9809188 v1 pith:ZCD4CE6C submitted 1998-09-25 hep-th

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The operator product expansion for ``small'' Wilson loops in {\cal N}=4, d=4 SYM is studied. The OPE coefficients are calculated in the large N and g_{YM}^2 N limit by exploiting the AdS/CFT correspondence. We also consider Wilson surfaces in the (0,2), d=6 superconformal theory. In this case, we find that the UV divergent terms include a term proportional to the rigid string action.

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