On the covariant quantization of tensionless bosonic strings in AdS spacetime

2003/09/30 by G. Bonelli, Giulio Bonelli · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/11/028

published as JHEP 0311 (2003) 028 · 1+16 pages; v4 two clarifications added

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Abstract

The covariant quantization of the tensionless free bosonic (open and closed) strings in AdS spaces is obtained. This is done by representing the AdS space as an hyperboloid in a flat auxiliary space and by studying the resulting string constrained hamiltonian system in the tensionless limit. It turns out that the constraint algebra simplifies in the tensionless case in such a way that the closed BRST quantization can be formulated and the theory admits then an explicit covariant quantization scheme. This holds for any value of the dimension of the AdS space.

Citations

• Notes On Higher Spin Symmetries
• Massless higher spins and holography
• Quantum geometry of bosonic strings
• Supersymmetric Gauge Theories and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
• Lagrangian formulation of the massless higher integer spin fields in the AdS background

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