175 research outputs found
Strings in a 2-d Extremal Black Hole
String theory on 2-d charged black holes corresponding to (SL(2)xU(1)_L)/U(1)
exact asymmetric quotient CFTs are investigated. These backgrounds can be
embedded, in particular, in a two dimensional heterotic string. In the extremal
case, the quotient CFT description captures the near horizon physics, and is
equivalent to strings in AdS_2 with a gauge field. Such string vacua possess an
infinite space-time Virasoro symmetry, and hence enhancement of global
space-time Lie symmetries to affine symmetries, in agreement with the
conjectured AdS_2/CFT_1 correspondence. We argue that the entropy of these 2-d
black holes in string theory is compatible with semi-classical results, and
show that in perturbative computations part of an incoming flux is absorbed by
the black hole. Moreover, on the way we find evidence that the 2-d heterotic
string is closely related to the N=(2,1) string, and conjecture that they are
dual.Comment: 1+22 pages, harvmac, 1 eps figure; v2: refs. added, typo correcte
On Non-Perturbative Results in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories - A Lecture
Some notions in non-perturbative dynamics of supersymmetric gauge theories
are being reviewed. This is done by touring through a few examples.Comment: 34 pages, Late
Effective Actions and Gauge Field Stability
By studying an effective action description of the coupling of charged gauge
fields in N=2 SU(n) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories, we can describe regions
of moduli space where one or more of these fields becomes unphysical. We
discuss subtleties in the structure of the moduli space for SU(3).Comment: 13 pages, latex, no figure
Supersymmetric string vacua on AdS_3 x N
String backgrounds of the form AdS_3 x N that give rise to two dimensional
spacetime superconformal symmetry are constructed.Comment: harvmac, 9 pages (minor changes for submission to journal
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