Triangular Seminar Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS-TIFR)
at: 16:30 room BG03 | abstract: We will argue that superstring theory on AdS3×S3×T4 with the smallest amount of NS-NS flux (k=1'') is dual to the spacetime CFT given by the large N limit of the free symmetric product orbifold SymN(T4). The worldsheet theory, at k=1, is defined using the hybrid formalism in which the AdS3×S3 part is described by a psu(1,1|2)1 WZW model (which is well defined). Unlike the case for k≥2, it turns out that the string spectrum at k=1 does not exhibit a long string continuum, and perfectly matches with the large N limit of the symmetric product. The fusion rules of the symmetric orbifold are also reproduced from the worldsheet perspective. This proposal therefore affords a tractable worldsheet description of a tensionless limit in string theory. |