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A note on string solutions in AdS_3

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-01-22 v4

Abstract

We systematically search for classical open string solutions in AdS_3 within the general class expressed by elliptic functions (i.e., the genus-one finite-gap solutions). By explicitly solving the reality and Virasoro conditions, we give a classification of the allowed solutions. When the elliptic modulus degenerates, we find a class of solutions with six null boundaries, among which two pairs are collinear. By adding the S^1 sector, we also find four-cusp solutions with null boundaries expressed by the elliptic functions.

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@article{arxiv.0907.5259,
  title  = {A note on string solutions in AdS_3},
  author = {Kazuhiro Sakai and Yuji Satoh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.5259},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

17 pages, 1 figure; (v2) added 1 figure and discussion on solutions with 6 null boundaries; (v3) corrected equation numbers; (v4) added comments

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