Superstrings in AdS
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-05-27 v3
Abstract
This is a comprehensive review of the worldsheet techniques for the quantization of type IIB superstring theory on the AdS_5 x S^5 background, using the pure spinor formalism. Particular emphasis is devoted to AdS/CFT applications, with several examples worked out in details. The review is self-contained and pedagogical. Table of contents: 1) Introduction; 2) Generalities; 3) Supercoset sigma models; 4) Quantum effective action and conformal invariance; 5) String spectrum; 6) Integrability.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1104.2604,
title = {Superstrings in AdS},
author = {Luca Mazzucato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2604},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
157 pages, 1 figure; v3 final version to appear in Physics Reports. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:hep-th/0009168, arXiv:0910.1195, arXiv:hep-th/0112160, arXiv:hep-th/0409159 by other authors