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Exploring Pure Spinor String Theory on AdS_4 x CP^3

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

In this paper we formulate the pure spinor superstring theory on AdS_4 x CP^3. By recasting the pure spinor action as a topological A-model on the fermionic supercoset Osp(6|4)/SO(6)xSp(4) plus a BRST exact term, we prove the exactness of the sigma-model. We then give a gauged linear sigma-model which reduces to the superstring in the limit of large volume and we study its branch geometry in different phases. Moreover, we discuss possible D-brane boundary conditions and the principal chiral model for the fermionic supercoset.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1051,
  title  = {Exploring Pure Spinor String Theory on AdS_4 x CP^3},
  author = {Giulio Bonelli and Pietro Antonio Grassi and Houman Safaai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1051},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

26 pages, typos corrected, references added

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