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In this work (which supersedes our previous preprint [1]) we determine the expectation value of the \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) SU(N) SYM Lagrangian density operator in the presence of an infinitely heavy static particle in the symmetric representation of SU(N), by means of a D3-brane probe computation. The result that we obtain coincides with two previous computations of different observables, up to kinematical factors. We argue that these agreements go beyond the D-brane probe approximation, which leads us to propose an exact formula for the expectation value of various operators. In particular, we provide an expression for the total energy loss by radiation of a heavy particle in the fundamental representation.
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Fiol, B., Garolera, B. & Lewkowycz, A. Exact results for static and radiative fields of a quark in \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) super Yang-Mills. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 93 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2012)093
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