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Little string theory in a double scaling limit

Amit Giveon1,2 and David Kutasov1,3

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A double scaling limit can be defined in string theory on a Calabi-Yau (CY) manifold by approaching a point in moduli space where the CY space develops an isolated singularity and at the same time taking the string coupling to zero, while keeping a particular combination of the two parameters fixed. This leads to a decoupled theory without gravity which has a weak coupling expansion, and can be studied using a holographically dual non-critical superstring description. The usual ``Little String Theory'' corresponds to the strong coupling limit of this theory. We use holography to compute two and three point functions in weakly coupled double scaled little string theory, and study the spectrum of the theory in various dimensions. We find a discrete spectrum of masses which exhibits Hagedorn growth.


Keywords

Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories

PACS

11.25.Pm Noncritical string theory

11.30.Ly Other internal and higher symmetries

11.15.-q Gauge field theories

Subjects

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 10 ( 1 October 1999)

Received 27 September 1999, accepted for publication 26 October 1999

Published 2 December 1999



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