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In arXiv:1208.3930 we argued that string theory at the tip of the cigar geometry, obtained by a Wick rotation of the Schwarzschild background, exhibits unexpected features that include degrees of freedom that are confined to the tip. Using the exact worldsheet description of near extremal NS5-branes we further study string theory at the tip of the cigar and find more evidence to its surprising properties.
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Giveon, A., Itzhaki, N. String theory at the tip of the cigar. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 79 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2013)079
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