Non-Relativistic Superstrings: A New Soluble Sector of AdS_5xS^5

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new non-relativistic sector of string theory in AdS_5xS^5, providing a solvable model for studying holography with potential for new insights.

Contribution

It identifies and formulates a non-relativistic superstring sector in AdS_5xS^5, deriving its worldsheet theory and demonstrating its reduction to a free field theory in AdS_2.

Findings

Derivation of the non-relativistic string worldsheet theory in AdS_5xS^5

Reduction to a supersymmetric free field theory in AdS_2

Establishment of a new solvable setting for holography

Abstract

We find a new sector of string theory in AdS_5xS^5 describing non-relativistic superstrings in that geometry. The worldsheet theory of non-relativistic strings in AdS_5xS^5 is derived and shown to reduce to a supersymmetric free field theory in AdS_2. Non-relativistic string theory provides a new calculable setting in which to study holography.