Free Field Theory as a String Theory?

Abstract

An approach to systematically implement open-closed string duality for free large $N$ gauge theories is summarised. We show how the relevant closed string moduli space emerges from a reorganisation of the Feynman diagrams contributing to free field correlators. We also indicate why the resulting integrand on moduli space has the right features to be that of a string theory on $AdS$.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, Contribution to Strings 2004 (Paris) proceeding