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Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter V.3: Scattering Amplitudes at Strong Coupling

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We review the computation of scattering amplitudes of planar maximally super-symmetric Yang–Mills at strong coupling. By using the AdS/CFT duality the problem boils down to the computation of the area of certain minimal surfaces on AdS. The integrability of the model can then be efficiently used in order to give an answer for the problem in terms of a set of integral equations.

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Alday, L.F. Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter V.3: Scattering Amplitudes at Strong Coupling. Lett Math Phys 99, 507–528 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-011-0518-5

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