Worldsheet from worldline
Abstract
We take a step toward a “microscopic” derivation of gauge-string duality. In particular, using mathematical techniques of Strebel differentials and discrete exterior calculus, we obtain bosonic string worldsheet action for string embedded in d + 1 -dimensional asymptotically anti–de Sitter space from multiloop Feynman graphs of quantum field theory of scalar matrices in d-dimensions in the limit of diverging loop number. Our work is building on the program started by ’t Hooft in 1974, this time including the holographic dimension, which we show to emerge from the continuum of Schwinger parameters of Feynman diagrams.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Biotechnology and Related Fields
History of Science and Medicine
Academic Publishing and Open Access
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 2
- Publication date
- 6 July 2026
- Language
- EN