Nordita HEP Local Seminars

The off-shell symmetry algebra of string theory on AdS_3 x S^3 x T^4

Name: The off-shell symmetry algebra of string theory on AdS_3 x S^3 x T^4
Start: 2014-05-13T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-05-13T16:00:00+02:00
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by Olof Olsson Sax (Imperial College)

Tuesday 13 May 2014, 15:00 → 16:00 Europe/Stockholm

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Description

We obtain the all-loop worldsheet S matrix for fundamental excitations on AdS_3 x S^3 x T^4 by studying the off-shell symmetry algebra of the superstring action in lightcone gauge. The massless modes, unaccounted for in earlier works, are automatically included in our treatment. Their exact dispersion relation is found to be non-relativistic, of giant-magnon form and their scattering is naturally well-defined. This opens the way to a complete investigation of AdS3/CFT2 integrability.