String Theory on AdS Orbifolds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-11-19 v2
Abstract
We consider worldsheet string theory on orbifolds of associated with conical singularities. If the orbifold action includes a similar twist of , supersymmetry is preserved, and there is a moduli space of vacua arising from blowup modes of the orbifold singularity. We exhibit the spectrum, including the properties of twisted sectors and states obtained by fractional spectral flow. A subalgebra of the spacetime superconformal symmetry remains intact after the quotient, and serves as the spacetime symmetry algebra of the orbifold.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0106171,
title = {String Theory on AdS Orbifolds},
author = {Emil Martinec and Will McElgin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0106171},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
37 pages, 3 eps figures. v2: Substantial revision to section 7, on spacetime CFT interpretation