Abstract
In this paper, which is written at an elementary and pedagogical level, we discuss general aspects of (single) instantons in SU (N) Yang - Mills theory, and then specialize to the case of script N = 4 supersymmetry and the large-N limit. We show how to determine the measure of collective coordinates and compute instanton corrections to certain correlation functions. We then relate this to D-instantons in type IIB supergravity. By taking the D-instantons to live in an AdS5 x S5 background, we perform explicit checks of the AdS - CFT correspondence.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3521-3570 |
Number of pages | 50 |
Journal | Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 7 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)