Overview
- Compact introduction to the ADS/CFT correspondence
- First thorough introduction to and survey of potential applications in condensed matter and fluid systems
- Pedagogical and self-contained presentation, suitable as high-level self-study guide
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 828)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence
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Front Matter
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Holography and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
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Condensed Matter and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence
Editors: Eleftherios Papantonopoulos
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04864-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-04863-0Published: 26 March 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-04864-7Published: 27 March 2011
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 425
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory