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We study \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) Yang-Mills theory on S 4 in the large-N limit. We find that on a large sphere Wilson loops obey a perimeter law and that the free energy grows quadratically with the radius of the sphere. We also comment on the large-N limit of the \( \mathcal{N}=2* \) theory, and on the free energy in \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) and \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) superconformaltheories.
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ArXiv ePrint: 1207.3806
J.G. Russo on leave of absence from Universitat de Barcelona and Institute of Cosmos Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
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Russo, J.G., Zarembo, K. Large N limit of \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) SU(N) gauge theories from localization. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 82 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)082
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