BRST quantization of string theory in AdS(3)

Pakman, Ari

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/053

BRST quantization of string theory in AdS(3)

Ari Pakman
(
- Hebrew U.
)

Apr, 2003

24 pages

Published in:

JHEP 06 (2003) 053

e-Print:

hep-th/0304230 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/053

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RI-04-03

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We study the BRST quantization of bosonic and NSR strings propagating in AdS(3) x N backgrounds. The no-ghost theorem is proved using the Frenkel-Garland-Zuckerman method. Regular and spectrally-flowed representations of affine SL(2,R) appear on an equal footing. Possible generalizations to related curved backgrounds are discussed.

string model
space-time: anti-de Sitter
dimension: 3
string: boson
supersymmetry
quantization: Becchi-Rouet-Stora
ghost
operator product expansion
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