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Strings on type IIB pp-wave backgrounds with interacting massive theories on the worldsheet

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-12-03 v3

Abstract

We consider superstring theories on pp-wave backgrounds which result in an integrable N=(2,2){\cal N}=(2,2) supersymmetric Landau-Ginzburg theory on the worldsheet. We obtain exact eigenvalues of the light-cone gauge superstring hamiltonian in the massive and interacting world-sheet theory with superpotential Z3ZZ^3-Z. We find the modes of the supergravity part of the string spectrum, and their space-time interpretation. Because the system is effectively at strong coupling on the worldsheet, these modes are not in one-to-one correspondence with the usual type IIB supergravity modes in the p0p_{-} \to 0 limit. However, the above correspondence holds in the α0\alpha'\to 0 limit.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310074,
  title  = {Strings on type IIB pp-wave backgrounds with interacting massive theories on the worldsheet},
  author = {Alin Tirziu and Paul Fendley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310074},
  year   = {2010}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure; minor changes, comments added

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