Towards a Worldsheet Derivation of the Maldacena Conjecture
| Title: | Towards a Worldsheet Derivation of the Maldacena Conjecture |
| Author: |
Berkovits, Nathan; Vafa, C.
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| Citation: | Berkovits, Nathan, and Cumrun Vafa. 2008. Towards a Worldsheet Derivation of the Maldacena Conjecture. Journal of High Energy Physics 2008(03): 031. |
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| Abstract: | A U(2,2|4)-invariant A-model constructed from fermionic superfields has recently been proposed as a sigma model for the superstring on \(AdS_5 \times S^5\). After explaining the relation of this A-model with the pure spinor formalism, the A-model action is expressed as a gauged linear sigma model. In the zero radius limit, the Coulomb branch of this sigma model is interpreted as D-brane holes which are related to gauge-invariant \(\mathcal{N}=4\) d=4 super-Yang-Mills operators. As in the worldsheet derivation of open-closed duality for Chern-Simons theory, this construction may lead to a worldsheet derivation of the Maldacena conjecture. Intriguing connections to the twistorial formulation of \(\mathcal{N}=4\) Yang-Mills are also noted. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/03/031 |
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