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2 +, -.#/01'*! AdS/CFT AdS [3] Wilson loop AdS/CFT 4 Calabi-Yau AdS Calabi-Yau Calabi-Yau 4 Calabi-Yau AdS Wilson loop AdS 2 [1] A. Okounkov, N. Reshetikhin and C. Vafa, Quantum Calabi-Yau and classical crystals, arxiv:hep-th/ [2] H. Lin, O. Lunin and J. M. Maldacena, Bubbling AdS space and 1/2 BPS geometries, JHEP 0410 (2004) 025 [arxiv:hep-th/ ]. [3] S. Yamaguchi, Bubbling geometries for half BPS Wilson lines, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 22 (2007) 1353 [arxiv:hep-th/ ].

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6 (cz *+./lm01ln on n pqrs*+./:ef%./l%0tl%gh^l%uv:wx%y%z{ z}:~%*+ipäå#çytuv,twxmyzå péñ:öüáiuhm'ty's%üá:hàav'ârt@äz0tliãå#ç-def$%?0taåluv,ééaèê pèêcdef%ë:íå %ghm'tydhqaìqá UVÅ,T@äZ?[%îïñ+t#$éóAS,TWXMYZÅ n 1. D. Gang, J.-S. Park, and S. Yamaguchi, Operator with large spin and spinning D3-brane, arxiv: [hep-th], JHEP.. 2. S. Yamaguchi, Surface operators and AdS/CFT correspondence, Joint SKKU/CQUeST Workshop on String/M-theory and related topics, Jun , 2009 SKKU, Suwon Natural Science Campus, KOREA,. 3. E. Koh and S. Yamaguchi, Surface operators in the Klebanov-Witten theory, JHEP 06 (2009) 070, arxiv: [hep-th].. 4. S. Yamaguchi, AdS/CFT, KEK 2009, Mar 16-19, 2009 KEK,. 5. S. Yamaguchi, BPS non-local operators in AdS/CFT correspondence, Taiwan String Theory Workshop 2009, Jan , 2009 National Taiwan University,. 6. E. Koh and S. Yamaguchi, Holography of BPS surface operators, JHEP 02 (2009) 012, arxiv: [hep-th].. 7. S.-J. Rey, T. Suyama, and S. Yamaguchi, Wilson Loops in Superconformal Chern-Simons Theory and Fundamental Strings in Anti-de Sitter Supergravity Dual, JHEP 03 (2009) 127, arxiv: [hep-th].. 8. D. Gang and S. Yamaguchi, Superconformal defects in the tricritical Ising model, JHEP 12 (2008) 076, arxiv: [hep-th].. 9. S. Yamaguchi, Superconformal defects in tricritical Ising model, Summer Institute 2008, Aug 3-13, 2008,,. 10. S. C. Park and S. Yamaguchi, Inflation by non-minimal coupling, JCAP 0808 (2008) 009, arxiv: [hep-ph] S. Yamaguchi, D-branes in AdS/CFT, Focus Program on Liouville, Integrability and Branes (4), Dec 11-24, 2007 APCTP Headquarters, POSTECH, Pohang, KOREA,. 12. S. Yamaguchi, Semi-classical open string corrections and symmetric Wilson loops, JHEP 06 (2007) 073, arxiv:hep-th/ T.-S. Tai and S. Yamaguchi, Correlator of fundamental and anti-symmetric Wilson loops in AdS/CFT correspondence, JHEP 02 (2007) 035, arxiv:hep-th/ S. Yamaguchi, Wilson loops of anti-symmetric representation and D5-branes, JHEP 05 (2006) 037, arxiv:hep-th/

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