Published October 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Boundary spectra in superspace σ-models

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 2. DESY Theory Group, DESY Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, D-22603 Hamburg (Germany)

Description

In this note we compute exact boundary spectra for D-instantons in σ-models on the supergroup PSL(2|2). Our results are obtained through an explicit summation of the perturbative expansion for conformal dimensions to all orders in the curvature radius. The analysis exploits several remarkable properties of the perturbation series that arises from rescalings of the metric on PSL(2|2) relative to a fixed Wess-Zumino term. According to Berkovits, Vafa and Witten, the models are relevant in the context of string theory on AdS3 with non-vanishing RR-flux. The note concludes with a number of comments on various possible generalizations to other supergroups and higher dimensional supercoset theories.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/024

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 024
ISSN
1126-6708