We propose a bosonic string dual to large N chiral Yang-Mills theory in two dimensions at finite `t Hooft coupling. The worldsheet theory is a β − γ system deformed by a chiral Polchinski-Strominger term. We reproduce the partition function on a torus, cylinder three-point amplitudes, and the area law for Wilson loops. We also present candidate string duals to symmetric product orbifolds for general seed conformal field theories with c 24 and their T T ¯ , J T ¯ deformations. The results hint at interrelations among confining, nonrelativistic, and matrix strings and AdS 3 / CFT 2 .
Komatsu et al. (Mon,) studied this question.