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The No-ghost Theorem for AdS_3 and the Stringy Exclusion Principle

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

A complete proof of the No-ghost Theorem for bosonic and fermionic string theories on AdS_3, or the group manifold of SU(1,1), is given. It is then shown that the restriction on the spin (in terms of the level) that is necessary to obtain a ghost-free spectrum corresponds to the stringy exclusion principle of Maldacena and Strominger.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806024,
  title  = {The No-ghost Theorem for AdS_3 and the Stringy Exclusion Principle},
  author = {J. M. Evans and M. R. Gaberdiel and M. J. Perry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806024},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages, LaTeX; references added

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