# Stringy corrections to the Wilson loop in Script N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory

@article{Forste1999StringyCT,
title={Stringy corrections to the Wilson loop in Script N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory},
author={Stefan Forste and Debashis Ghoshal and Stefan J. Theisen},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={1999},
volume={1999},
pages={013-013}
}
• Published 4 March 1999
• Physics
• Journal of High Energy Physics
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