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String theory on AdS3 × S3 × S3 × S1 with pure NS-NS flux and minimal flux through one of the two S3’s is studied from a world-sheet perspective. It is shown that the spacetime spectrum, as well as the algebra of spectrum generating operators, matches precisely that of the symmetric orbifold of S3 × S1 in the large N limit. This gives strong support for the proposal that these two descriptions are exactly dual to one another.
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Eberhardt, L., Gaberdiel, M.R. Strings on AdS3 × S3 × S3 × S1. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 35 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)035
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