Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence

Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence

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  • Author: Horaƫiu Năstase
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1316352307
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

Providing a pedagogical introduction to the rapidly developing field of AdS/CFT correspondence, this is one of the first texts to provide an accessible introduction to all the necessary concepts needed to engage with the methods, tools and applications of AdS/CFT. Without assuming anything beyond an introductory course in quantum field theory, it begins by guiding the reader through the basic concepts of field theory and gauge theory, general relativity, supersymmetry, supergravity, string theory and conformal field theory, before moving on to give a clear and rigorous account of AdS/CFT correspondence. The final section discusses the more specialised applications, including QCD, quark-gluon plasma and condensed matter. This book is self-contained and learner-focused, featuring numerous exercises and examples. It is essential reading for both students and researchers across the fields of particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics.


AdS/CFT Correspondence

AdS/CFT Correspondence

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  • Author: Olivier Biquard
  • Publisher: European Mathematical Society
  • ISBN: 9783037190135
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 264

Since its discovery in 1997 by Maldacena, AdS/CFT correspondence has become one of the prime subjects of interest in string theory, as well as one of the main meeting points between theoretical physics and mathematics. On the physical side, it provides a duality between a theory of quantum gravity and a field theory. The mathematical counterpart is the relation between Einstein metrics and their conformal boundaries. The correspondence has been intensively studied, and a lot of progress emerged from the confrontation of viewpoints between mathematics and physics. Written by leading experts and directed at research mathematicians and theoretical physicists as well as graduate students, this volume gives an overview of this important area both in theoretical physics and in mathematics. It contains survey articles giving a broad overview of the subject and of the main questions, as well as more specialized articles providing new insight both on the Riemannian side and on the Lorentzian side of the theory.


From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence

From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence

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  • Author: Eleftherios Papantonopoulos
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 3642048633
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 433

The AdS/CFT correspondence is a powerful tool in studying strongly coupled phenomena in gauge field theories, using results from a weakly coupled gravity background studied in the realm of string theory. AdS/CFT was first successfully applied to the study of phenomena such as the quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy ions collisions. Soon it was realized that its applicability can be extended, in a more phenomenological approach, to condensed matter systems and to systems described by fluid dynamics. The set of tutorial reviews in this volume is intended as an introduction to and survey of the principle of the AdS/CFT correspondence in its field/string theoretic formulation, its applicability to holographic QCD and to heavy ions collisions, and to give a first account of processes in fluid dynamics and condensed matter physics, which can be studied with the use of this principle. Written by leading researchers in the field and cast into the form of a high-level but approachable multi-author textbook, this volume will be of benefit to all postgraduate students, and newcomers from neighboring disciplines wishing to find a comprehensive guide for their future research.


AdS/CFT Correspondence in Condensed Matter

AdS/CFT Correspondence in Condensed Matter

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  • Author: Antonio Sergio Teixeira Pires
  • Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
  • ISBN: 9781627053082
  • Category : Condensed matter
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

AdS/CFT correspondence in condensed matter introduces, in an elementary way, the idea of the anti de-Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence to condensed matter physicists. This theory relates a gravity theory in a (d+1)- dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime to a strongly-coupled d- dimensional quantum field theory living on its boundary. The AdS/CFT correspondence can be used to study finite temperature real time processes, such as response functions and dynamics far from equilibrium in quantum critical points in condensed matter systems. Computation of these quantities is reduced to solving classical gravitational equations in one higher dimension than the original theory. This book is a concise introduction, presenting the general foundations for condensed matter physicists, to the AdS/CFT correspondence. The author has presented and focused on a review and explanation of relevant materials. The interested reader can consult the references to get more detailed explanations and information. There are many papers and good reviews about the subject, but most use a language that demands some knowledge about the subject. In this presentation the author has utilized more accessible language for a non-specialized reader. Chapter 2 introduces Quantum Phase Transitions for physicists with limited background knowledge in the subject. Chapter 3, is a brief overview of the general relativity theory, so that the reader can perform calculations without knowing the subject. In Chapter 4, it is shown that choosing a metric, in a manifold with an extra dimension and with all the symmetries of the field theory at the critical point, leads to a metric of a space which is the AdS space. Then an accessible example of a scalar field is presented. However, the theory is at zero temperature. To work at finite temperature a black hole is introduced in the theory in section 4.3. Condensed matter physics is generally interested in the presence of an electric or magnetic field. This is treated in section 4.4. In chapter 5 and 6, the author presents a brief introduction about dynamics. Holographic superconductor and fermions are studied in chapter 7, and the author's conclusions are presented in chapter 8.


From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence

From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence

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  • Author: Eleftherios Papantonopoulos
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9783642048821
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 425

The AdS/CFT correspondence is a powerful tool in studying strongly coupled phenomena in gauge field theories, using results from a weakly coupled gravity background studied in the realm of string theory. AdS/CFT was first successfully applied to the study of phenomena such as the quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy ions collisions. Soon it was realized that its applicability can be extended, in a more phenomenological approach, to condensed matter systems and to systems described by fluid dynamics. The set of tutorial reviews in this volume is intended as an introduction to and survey of the principle of the AdS/CFT correspondence in its field/string theoretic formulation, its applicability to holographic QCD and to heavy ions collisions, and to give a first account of processes in fluid dynamics and condensed matter physics, which can be studied with the use of this principle. Written by leading researchers in the field and cast into the form of a high-level but approachable multi-author textbook, this volume will be of benefit to all postgraduate students, and newcomers from neighboring disciplines wishing to find a comprehensive guide for their future research.


Perturbative and Non-perturbative Approaches to String Sigma-Models in AdS/CFT

Perturbative and Non-perturbative Approaches to String Sigma-Models in AdS/CFT

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  • Author: Edoardo Vescovi
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319634208
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 239

This thesis introduces readers to the type II superstring theories in the AdS5×S5 and AdS4×CP3 backgrounds. Each chapter exemplifies a different computational approach to measuring observables (conformal dimensions of single-trace operators and expectation values of Wilson loop operators) relevant for two supersymmetric theories: the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and the N=6 Chern-Simons-matter (ABJM) theory. Perturbative techniques have traditionally been used to make quantitative predictions in quantum field theories, but they are only reliable as long as the interaction strengths are weak. The anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence realizes physicists’ dream of studying strongly coupled quantum field theories with “enhanced” symmetries, using the methods provided by string theory. The first part of the thesis sets up the semiclassical quantization of worldsheet sigma-model actions around string solutions of least area in AdS space. This machinery is used to capture quantum corrections at large coupling to next-to-leading and next-to-next-to-leading order by solving the determinants of partial differential operators and by computing Feynman diagrams, respectively. In turn, the second part presents an innovative approach based on Monte Carlo simulations to finite coupling for a lattice-discretized model of the AdS5×S5 superstring action. The thesis focuses on fundamental aspects, as well as on applications previously published by the author, and offers a valuable reference work for anyone interested in the most recent developments in this field.


AdS/CFT Correspondence in Condensed Matter

AdS/CFT Correspondence in Condensed Matter

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  • Author: Antonio S.T. Pires
  • Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
  • ISBN: 1627053093
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 95

The goal of this text is to introduce, in a very elementary way, the concept of anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence to condensed matter physicists. This theory relates a gravity theory in a (d+1)-dimensional anti-de Sitter space


Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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  • Author: Carlos Merino
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 331912238X
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 480

This volume gathers the content of the courses held at the Third IDPASC School, which took place in San Martiño Pinario, Hospederia and Seminario Maior, in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galiza, Spain, from January 21st to February 2nd, 2013. This school is the annual joint program of the International Doctorate Network in Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology (IDPASC). The purpose of the school series is to present doctoral students from different universities and laboratories in Europe and beyond with a broad range of the latest results and current state of the art in the fields of Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology, and to further introduce them to both the questions now posed by the potentials of physics and to challenges connected with current and future experiments – in particular, with the newly available energy ranges. Following these guidelines, the content of this third edition of the IDPASC School was jointly planned by the Academic Council and by the network’s International Committee, whose members ensure every year its timely formulation, keeping up with the constant evolution of these fields. The program covers a balanced range of the latest developments in these fields worldwide, with courses offered by internationally acknowledged physicists on the Basic Features of Hadronic Processes, Quantum Chromodynamics, Physics and Technology of ALICE, LHCb Physics-Parity Violation, the Higgs System in and beyond the Standard Model, Higgs Searches at the LHC, Theory and Experiments with Cosmic Rays, Numerical Methods and Data Analysis in Particle Physics, Theoretical Cosmology, and AdS/CFT Correspondence. Most of these courses were complemented by practical and discussion sessions.


Theoretical Physics to Face the Challenge of LHC

Theoretical Physics to Face the Challenge of LHC

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  • Author: Laurent Baulieu
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN: 0198727968
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 439

The book gathers the lecture notes of the Les Houches Summer School that was held in August 2011 for an audience of advanced graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in particle physics, theoretical physics, and cosmology, areas where new experimental results were on the verge of being discovered at CERN. Every Les Houches School has its own distinct character. This one was held during a summer of great anticipation that at any moment contact might be made with the most recent theories of the nature of the fundamental forces and the structure of space-time. In fact, during the session, the long anticipated discovery of the Higgs particle was announced. The book vividly describes the fruitful and healthy "schizophrenia" that is the rule among the community of theoreticians who have split into several components: those doing phenomenology, and those dealing with highly theoretical problems, with a few trying to bridge both domains. The lectures by theoreticians covered many directions in the theory of elementary particles, from classics such as the Supersymmetric Standard Model to very recent ideas such as the relation between black holes, hydrodynamics, and gauge-gravity duality. The lectures by experimentalists explained in detail how intensively and how precisely the LHC collider has verified the theoretical predictions of the Standard Model, predictions that were at the front lines of experimental discovery during the 70's, 80's and 90's, and how the LHC is ready to make new discoveries. They described many of the ingenious and pioneering techniques developed at CERN for the detection and the data analysis of billions of billions of proton-proton collisions.


Holographic Duality in Condensed Matter Physics

Holographic Duality in Condensed Matter Physics

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  • Author: Jan Zaanen
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107080088
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 587

A pioneering treatise presenting how the mathematical techniques of holographic duality can unify the fundamental theories of physics.