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Superstring action in AdS_5 x S^5: kappa symmetry light cone gauge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-17 v4

Abstract

As part of program to quantize superstrings in AdS_5 x S^5 background in light cone approach we find the explicit form of the corresponding Green-Schwarz action in fermionic light-cone kappa-symmetry gauge. The resulting action is quadratic and quartic in fermions. In the flat space limit it reduces to the standard light-cone Green-Schwarz action, and also has the correct superparticle limit. We discuss fixing the bosonic light-cone gauge and a reformulation of the action in terms of 2-d Dirac spinors.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0007036,
  title  = {Superstring action in AdS_5 x S^5: kappa symmetry light cone gauge},
  author = {R. R. Metsaev and A. A. Tseytlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0007036},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

32 pages, latex. v4: misprints corrected in Appendix A, to appear in Phys Rev D