The Wilson operation, also known as the Wilson loop, is a concept from quantum field theory, particularly in the context of gauge theories. It is named after Kenneth Wilson, who introduced it in the early 1970s as part of his work on lattice gauge theories and the study of confinement in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In simple terms, the Wilson loop is a gauge-invariant quantity associated with the path of a loop in spacetime.
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