Little string theory explained

In theoretical physics, little string theory is a non-gravitational non-local theory in six spacetime dimensions that can be obtained as an effective theory of NS5-branes in the limit in which gravity decouples. Little string theories exhibit T-duality, much like the full string theory.

References

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• Introduction to Little String Theory. David Kutasov. 2001. Spring School on Superstrings and Related Matters. 2024-02-21. 2024-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20240221161702/https://indico.ictp.it/event/a0125/session/3/contribution/2/material/0/0.pdf. bot: unknown.