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The Large N Harmonic Oscillator as a String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We propose a duality between the large-N gauged harmonic oscillator and a novel string theory in two dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408180,
  title  = {The Large N Harmonic Oscillator as a String Theory},
  author = {Nissan Itzhaki and John McGreevy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408180},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

31 pages, 2 figures; v2: fixed typos

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