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The No-ghost Theorem and Strings on AdS3

J. M. Evans, M. R. Gaberdiel, M. J. Perry

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9812252

Abstract

A brief review of string theory on group manifolds is given, and comparisons are then drawn between Minkowski space, SU(2), and SU(1,1) = AdS3. The proof of the no-ghost theorem is outlined, assuming a certain restriction on the representation content for bosonic and fermionic strings on SU(1,1). Some possible connections with the AdS/CFT correspondence are mentioned. (Based on invited talk by JME at Trieste Conference on Super 5-branes and Physics in (5+1)-dimensions.)

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