On the boundary gauge dual of closed tensionless free strings in AdS
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We consider closed free tensionless strings in $AdS_d$, calculate exactly the boundary/boundary string evolution kernel and find the string dynamics to be completely frozen. We interpret therefore the boundary configurations as Wilson loop operators in a confining phase. This is taken as an argument in favor to the dual weakly coupled abelian gauge theory being that of $(d-4)$-forms in the $(d-1)$ dimensional boundary Minkowski space.
1+12 pages, v.2: typos, v.3 Published version
1+12 pages, v.2: typos, v.3 Published version