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Higher genus correlators for tensionless $\rm{AdS}_3$ strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-07 v3

Abstract

It was recently shown in arXiv:2009.11306 that tree-level correlation functions in tensionless string theory on AdS3×S3×T4\rm{AdS}_3\times\rm{S}^3\times\mathbb{T}^4 match the expected form of correlation functions in the symmetric orbifold CFT on T4\mathbb{T}^4 in the large NN limit. This analysis utilized the free-field realization of the psu(1,12)1\mathfrak{psu}(1,1|2)_1 Wess-Zumino-Witten model, along with a surprising identity directly relating these correlation functions to a branched covering of the boundary of AdS3\rm{AdS}_3. In particular, this identity implied the unusual feature that the string theory correlators localize to points in the moduli space for which the worldsheet covers the boundary of AdS3\rm{AdS}_3 with specified branching near the insertion points. In this work we generalize this analysis past the tree-level approximation, demonstrating its validity to higher genus worldsheets, and in turn providing strong evidence for this incarnation of the AdS/CFT\rm{AdS}/\rm{CFT} correspondence at all orders in perturbation theory.

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@article{arxiv.2012.01445,
  title  = {Higher genus correlators for tensionless $\rm{AdS}_3$ strings},
  author = {Bob Knighton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.01445},
  year   = {2021}
}

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