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We construct the D3-brane solution in the holographic dual of the \( \mathcal{N} = {2}^{\ast } \) theory that describes Wilson lines in symmetric representations of the gauge group. The results perfectly agree with the direct field-theory predictions based on localization.
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Chen-Lin, X., Dekel, A. & Zarembo, K. Holographic Wilson loops in symmetric representations in \( \mathcal{N} = {2}^{\ast } \) super-Yang-Mills theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 109 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)109
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