Abstract

We analyze the operator product expansion Tµυ(z) W[C] in N=4, 4-dimensional Super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with the U(N) gauge group. We show that a closed Wilson loop does not possess an anomalous dimension and that only the shape of the loop is changed by the conformal transformation.

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