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We review the duality and integrability of \({\fancyscript{N}\,{=}\,6}\) superconformal Chern–Simons theory in three dimensions and IIA superstring theory on the background Ads4 × CP3. We introduce both of these models and describe how their degrees of freedom are mapped to excitations of a long-range integrable spin-chain. Finally, we discuss the properties of the Bethe equations, the S-matrix and the algebraic curve that are special to this correspondence and differ from the case of \({\fancyscript{N}\,{=}\,4}\) SYM theory and strings on Ads5 × S 5.
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Klose, T. Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter IV.3: \({\mathcal{N}=6}\) Chern–Simons and Strings on AdS4 × CP3 . Lett Math Phys 99, 401–423 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-011-0520-y
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