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AdS/CFT dualities involving large 2d \(N=4\) superconformal symmetry. (English) Zbl 0989.81088

Summary: We study the duality between string theory on \(\text{AdS}_3 \times S^3\times S^3\) and two-dimensional conformal theories with large \(N=4\) superconformal algebra \(\mathcal A_\gamma\). We discuss configurations of intersecting branes which give rise to such near-horizon geometries. We compute the Kaluza-Klein spectrum and propose that the boundary superconformal theory can be described by a sigma model on a suitable symmetric product space with a particular choice of anti-symmetric two-form.

MSC:

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
83E30 String and superstring theories in gravitational theory
81T60 Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics
81T10 Model quantum field theories
81T40 Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics