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Superstrings on AdS_3 and Symmetric Products

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Some properties of N=2 superstrings on AdS_3 x N are studied. Their spectrum has the same pattern as 2-d CFTs in the moduli space of symmetric products M^p/S_p, where p is associated with the number of long fundamental strings required to construct the AdS_3 background, and M is the spacetime CFT corresponding to short string excitations of a single long string. Worldsheet operators associated with w long strings correspond to twisted sectors of M^p/S_p.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0009242,
  title  = {Superstrings on AdS_3 and Symmetric Products},
  author = {Riccardo Argurio and Amit Giveon and Assaf Shomer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0009242},
  year   = {2009}
}

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43 pages, harvmac