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S-matrix for magnons in the D1-D5 system

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v4

Abstract

We show that integrability and symmetries of the near horizon geometry of the D1-D5 system determine the S-matrix for the scattering of magnons with polarizations in AdS3 ×\times S3 completely up to a phase. Using semi-classical methods we evaluate the phase to the leading and to the one-loop approximation in the strong coupling expansion. We then show that the phase obeys the unitarity constraint implied by the crossing relations to the one-loop order. We also verify that the dispersion relation obeyed by these magnons is one-loop exact at strong coupling which is consistent with their BPS nature.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1005.0501,
  title  = {S-matrix for magnons in the D1-D5 system},
  author = {Justin R. David and Bindusar Sahoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.0501},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

40 pages, Latex, Role of Virasoro constraints clarified, version matches with published version

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