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:
Zμ1...μN(P)=1N2π∫0dσ1σ1+2π∫σ1dσ2...σ1∫σN−1dσN Pμ1(σ1) Pμ2(σ2)...PμN(σN)
Another reference is eq-3.29 in Thomas Thiemann's The LQG -- String: Loop Quantum Gravity Quantization of String Theory I. Flat Target Space. These formulations of the Pohlmeyer invariants is used to show its equivalence to DDF invariants of light-cone gauge fixed strings in flat-space (cf. eq-2.53 in Urs Schreiber's paper and chap-2.3.2 in Green, Schwarz & Witten vol-I)
Now, what is the corresponding invariant for the Pohlmeyer reduction in AdS case (ref: Miramontes' "Pohlmeyer reduction revisited" arXiv:0808.3365)? I cant seem to find one that resembles the flat-space expression.
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