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Pohlmeyer reduction of string theory for flat and AdS spaces
The definition of Pohlmeyer invariants in flat-space (as per eq-2.16 in Urs Schreiber's DDF and Pohlmeyer invariants of (super)string) is the following:
$ Z^{\mu_1...\mu_N} (\mathcal{P}) = ...
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Choice and identification of vacuums in AdS/CFT
I know how we define a vacuum in flat space QFT and also in a curved space QFT. But, can somebody tell me how do the choice of vacuum state in (say) the CFT side of AdS/CFT changes the choice of ...