Instantons and Emergent AdS_3 x S^3 Geometry

Abstract

Two dimensional N=(4,4) gauge theories flow to interacting superconformal field theories on their Higgs branch. We examine worldsheet instantons in these theories through the eyes of a D-brane construction. The effective instanton partition function is shown to reveal an emergent background AdS_3 x S^3 geometry.

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