Solving AdS3_{3} string theory at minimal tension: tree-level correlators

Dec 7, 2023
64 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 09 (2024) 135
  • Published: Sep 19, 2024
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Abstract: (Springer)
We revisit the minimal tension (k = 1) string theory on AdS3_{3} × S3^{3} × 𝕋4^{4}. We propose a new free-field description of the worldsheet theory and show how localization of string amplitudes emerges from the path integral. We exemplify our proposal by reproducing the worldsheet partition function of the psu \mathfrak{psu} (1, 1|2)1_{1} WZW model and providing explicit expressions for spectrally-flowed vertex operators and DDF operators. We compute string correlators in the path integral formalism and obtain a precise tree-level match with correlation functions of the boundary symmetric orbifold.
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  • v2: minor typos corrected, one reference added
  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Conformal and W Symmetry
  • Conformal Field Models in String Theory
  • operator: vertex
  • string: correlation function
  • string model
  • tension
  • tree approximation
  • AdS(3) x S(3) x T(4)
  • path integral