Superstrings on \(\text{AdS}_3\) and symmetric products. (English) Zbl 0990.81610
Summary: Some properties of \(N=2\) superstrings on \(\text{AdS}_3\times N\) are studied. Their spectrum has the same pattern as 2-\(d\) CFTs in the moduli space of symmetric products \(M^p/S_p\), where \(p\) is associated with the number of long fundamental strings required to construct the \(\text{AdS}_3\) background, and \(M\) is the spacetime CFT corresponding to short string excitations of a single long string. Worldsheet operators associated with \(w\) long strings correspond to twisted sectors of \(M^p/S_p\).
MSC:
81T30 | String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory |
83E99 | Unified, higher-dimensional and super field theories |