7 papers
The phase diagram of the D1-D5 CFT and localized black holes
Ofer Aharony, Ronny Frumkin, Jonathan Mehl
In this paper we analyze the phases that dominate the microcanonical ensemble at various energies in the D1-D5 CFT, which is dual to type II string theory on $AdS_3 \times S^3\time…
A String Theory for Two-Dimensional Yang-Mills Theory II
Ofer Aharony, Suman Kundu, Tal Sheaffer
In earlier work we proposed a string theory dual to two dimensional Yang-Mills theory at zero coupling (which can also be thought of as a theory), given by a Polyakov-like gen…
Large N Chern-Simons-matter fixed points with multiple flavors
Ofer Aharony, Ronny Frumkin, Jonathan Mehl
In this paper we analyze the d conformal fixed points arising from Chern-Simons-matter theories with multiple flavors in the 't Hooft large limit. Th…
Effective Strings in QED
Ofer Aharony, Netanel Barel, Tal Sheaffer
Effective string theory describes the physics of long confining strings in theories, like Yang-Mills theory, where the mass gap is of the same order as the string tensi…
On type II string theory on and symmetric orbifolds
Ofer Aharony, Erez Y. Urbach
We discuss in detail the -dimensional superconformal field theory dual to type II string theory on , emphasizing the string theoretic aspects of thi…
A String Theory for Two Dimensional Yang-Mills Theory I
Ofer Aharony, Suman Kundu, Tal Sheaffer
Two dimensional gauge theories with charged matter fields are useful toy models for studying gauge theory dynamics, and in particular for studying the duality of large gauge th…