From gravity to thermal gauge theories : the Ads/CFT correspondence / Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papantonopoulos, E. (Eleftherios)

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 828.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; v. 828

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gauge fields (Physics).

String models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 425 p. 107 illus., 35 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence

pt. 2. Holography and the AdS/CFT correspondence

pt. 3. Condensed matter and the AdS/CFT correspondence.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783642048647

3642048641