Open Spinning Strings

We find classical open string solutions in the AdS_5\times S^5/\Zop_2 orientifold with angular momenta along the five-sphere. The energy of these solutions has an expansion in integral powers of $\lambda$ with sigma-model corrections suppressed by inverse powers of $J$ - the total angular momentum. This gives a prediction for the exact anomalous dimensions of operators in the large $N$ limit of an ${\cal N}=2$ $Sp(N)$ Super-Yang-Mills theory with matter. We also find a simple map between open and closed string solutions. This gives a prediction for an all-loop planar relationship between the anomalous dimensions of single-trace and two-quark operators in the dual gauge theory

PP-Wave Light-Cone Superstring Field Theory

We construct the cubic interaction vertex and dynamically generated supercharges in light-cone superstring field theory in the pp-wave background. We show that these satisfy the pp-wave superalgebra at first order in string coupling. The cubic interaction vertex and dynamical supercharges presented here differ from the expressions previously given in the literature. Using this vertex we compute various string theory three-point functions and comment on their relation to gauge theory in the BMN limit.Comment: 32 pages, 1 figure; v2: typos corrected, reference adde

Integrability and the AdS(3)/CFT(2) correspondence

We investigate the AdS(3)/CFT(2) correspondence for theories with 16 supercharges using the integrability approach. We construct Green-Schwarz actions for Type IIB strings on AdS(3)xS(3)xM(4) where M(4)=T(4) or S(3)xS(1) using the coset approach. These actions are based on a Z(4) automorphism of the super-coset D(2,1;alpha)xD(2,1;alpha)/SO(1,2)xSO(3)xSO(3). The equations of motion admit a representation in terms of a Lax connection, showing that the system is classically integrable. We present the finite gap equations for these actions. When alpha=0,1/2,1 we propose a set of quantum Bethe equations valid at all values of the coupling. The AdS(3)/CFT(2) duals contain novel massless modes whose role remains to be explored.Comment: 43 pages, 4 figures; v2: misprints corrected; v3: clarifications on validity of quantum Bethe equations added in sec. 7.4, misprints correcte

WZ Couplings of D-branes and O-planes

In this short note we review the construction and role of Wess-Zumino couplings of Dirichlet branes and Orientifold planes, and show how these combine to give the Green-Schwarz anomaly cancelling terms