Gaugegravity duality opens new horizons cern courier. Those readers who want to familiarize themselves with this approach, and the more general methodology that is designated as gaugegravity duality, will find the presentation adequate, as long as they are very familiar with superstring theory, supergravity, the mathematical formalism of general relativity, quantum chromodynamics, and of course conformal field theories in their. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and. The gauge gravity duality is an equality between two theories. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students. It relates concepts of information of black hole physics and quantum information theory. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in string theory and particle. Please join the simons foundation and our generous member organizations in supporting arxiv during our giving campaign september 2327. Gauge gravity duality 20 book of abstracts last update. Gaugegravity duality 3 model provides a simple solvable illustration of the problem. This textbook is aimed at providing graduate students and researchers in string theory and quantum gravity but also in strongly coupled gauge theories and condensed matter physics with fundamental concepts and applications of gauge gravity duality. Gauge gravity duality, also known as holography, relates quantum field theories to theories of gravity. When one theory is strongly coupled, and therefore difficult to study directly, the other is.
Topics in gaugegravity duality graduate lecture course university of oxford trinity term 2012 room 501, dwb, department of physics mondays, 14. I am going to rst motivate the duality in a somewhat unconventional way, but i like it because it connects the two sides, gauge theory and gravity, without going directly through string theory as do many of the applications, and it allows us to introduce many. This textbook is aimed at providing graduate students and researchers in string theory and quantum gravity but also in strongly coupled gauge. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how the duality can be used to.
Anisotropic phenomena in gaugegravity duality book, 2014. Introduction to the gaugegravity duality oxford scholarship. Please redirect your searches to the new ads modern form or the classic form. Is there any book on the gaugegravity duality or adscft.
Gaugegravity duality by martin ammon cambridge core. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of. Gauge gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. The gaugegravity duality chapter 12 black holes in. Strange metal transport realized by gaugegravity duality.
Heavy probes in strongly coupled plasmas with chemical. Introduction to gaugegravity duality tasi lectures 2017. This chapter is a short introduction to the gaugegravity duality or adscft correspondence. Applications of the gaugegravity duality jonas probst. First of five lectures introducing the gauge gravity duality by joe. Introduction gauge gravity duality is one of the major developments in theoretical physics over the last two decades.
If youre looking for a free download links of gauge gravity duality. It is also sometimes called adscft, because the simplest examples involve antide sitter spaces and. It has led to new concepts in arithmetic and physics, and provides new tools to unravel points in numerous areas of theoretical physics. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Bulkboundary correspondence quantum observables at the boundary of the curved space may be calculated from propagation through curved space 12. Johanna erdmenger gauge gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. It is an example of a gaugegravity duality and is now understood to be a special case of the adscft correspondence. This construction is algorithmic, following from that 3 of the dual. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how. Introduction to gaugegravity duality, lecture 1 of 5 joe polchinski. Applications of the gaugegravity duality jonas probst springer. Gaugegravity duality presents new links between quantum theory and gravity, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. Gauge gravity duality presents new links between quantum theory and gravity, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics.
The socalled nonfermi liquids deviate from these expectations and include exotic systems such as the strange metal phase of cuprate superconductors and heavy fermion materials. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to. Gaugegravity duality creates new hyperlinks between quantum idea and gravity. Gaugegravity duality 2018 programme and abstracts juliusmaximiliansuniversity wurzburg, from 30th july to 3rd august 2018.
Gaugegravity duality guide books acm digital library. On the other side of the correspondence are conformal field theories which are quantum field theories, including theories similar to the yang. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with the subject. Supersymmetric theories however have a natural stability property, because the hamiltonian is the square of a hermitean supercharge and so bounded below. On one side are antide sitter spaces which are used in theories of quantum gravity, formulated in terms of string theory or mtheory. The author also relates the thermodynamics of the field theory to. Gaugegravity duality ebook by martin ammon rakuten kobo. July 31, 20 max planck institute for physics, munich 29 july to 2 august 20. Presentation mode open print download current view. Foundations and applications by ammon, martin, erdmenger, johannamay 7, 2015 hardcover on. In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in les houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theorystring theory correspondence and string duality. These systems are notoriously difficult to study using traditional methods such as perturbation theory, but the gaugegravity duality offers a successful alternative approach, which maps strongly interacting quantum gauge theories to computationally tractable, classical gravity theories.
Gaugegravity duality by martin ammon cambridge university press. Introduction and applications to magnetic impurities johanna erdmenger. I am going to rst motivate the duality in a somewhat unconventional way, but i like it because it connects the two sides, gauge theory and gravity, without going directly through string theory as do many of the applications, and it allows us to introduce many ideas that will be important later on. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how the duality can be used to extract transport properties of quantum systems from their gravity dual, covers. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. It is no surprise that reading this book is a great pleasure. Read gaugegravity duality foundations and applications by martin ammon available from rakuten kobo. Foundations and applications by martin ammon 20150507 martin ammon. Gaugegravity duality and the black hole interior donald marolf department of physics, university of california, santa barbara, california 931069530, usa joseph polchinski kavli institute for theoretical physics, university of california, santa barbara, california 931064030, usa received 18 july 20. In theoretical physics, the antide sitterconformal field theory correspondence, sometimes called maldacena duality or gauge gravity duality, is a conjectured relationship between two kinds of physical theories. Pdf aspects of the gaugegravity duality and holography. Cambridge core particle physics and nuclear physics gaugegravity duality by martin ammon. On one hand we have a quantum field theory in d spacetime dimensions. Based on string theory, it provides a new relation between a quantum.
Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and dbrane. These systems are notoriously difficult to study using traditional methods such as perturbation theory, but the gauge gravity duality offers a successful alternative approach, which maps strongly interacting quantum gauge theories to computationally tractable, classical gravity theories. Is there any book on the gaugegravity duality or adscft that. The first edition of gauge gravity duality by ammon and erdmenger was published in april 2015 by the cambridge university press. Those readers who want to familiarize themselves with this approach, and the more general methodology that is designated as gauge gravity duality, will find the presentation adequate, as long as they are very familiar with superstring theory, supergravity, the mathematical formalism of general relativity, quantum chromodynamics, and of course conformal field theories in their. On one side are antide sitter spaces ads which are used in theories of quantum gravity, formulated in terms of string theory or m. Topics in gaugegravity duality university of oxford. Gauge gravity duality has established itself as a significant link between gravitation and quantum field theory. We study the properties of heavy probes moving in strongly coupled plasmas at finite chemical potential. Gauge gravity duality foundations applications pdf 157. Introduction to gaugegravity duality, lecture 1 of 5. We discuss the evidence for the duality, its lessons for gravitational physics, generalizations, and open questions.
It is an example of a gauge gravity duality and is now understood to be a special case of the adscft correspondence. We report on our analysis of the screening distance of a quarkantiquark pair, its free. Aug 31, 2018 the first edition of gauge gravity duality by ammon and erdmenger was published in april 2015 by the cambridge university press. He is one of the pioneers of the subject and a clear expositor. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how duality can be used to extract transport properties of quantum systems from their gravity dual. This immediately opens up a door to study strongly coupled string theory however in ads via computations in the dual weakly coupled gauge theory and vice versa. Foundations and applications pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Gauge gravity duality foundations applications pdf droppdf. The author relates fields in the interior to operators in the boundary. It is also sometimes called adscft, because the simplest examples involve anti. A report presented for the examination for the transfer of status to the degree of doctor of. Some chapters in the second half of the book actually discuss gaugegravity duality and adscft. Chapters 4 and 5 contain an elementary introduction to holographic duality, which i will partially follow. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers.
Its a very gentle introduction to string theory with the first few chapters giving a rev. Twophysicaltheoriesdescribingthesamephysicalsystemarerelatedbyaduality. It provides a major tool for describing strongly coupled quantum systems. Those readers who want to familiarize themselves with this approach, and the more general methodology that is designated as gauge gravity duality, will find the presentation adequate, as long as they are very familiar with superstring theory, supergravity, the mathematical formalism of general relativity, quantum chromodynamics, and of course conformal field theories in their different guises.
Readings string theory and holographic duality physics. Gauge gravity duality beyond the planar limit by t. A report presented for the examination for the transfer of status to the degree of doctor of philosophy of the university of london. Andrew strominger and cumrun vafa calculated the entropy of certain configurations of dbranes and found agreement with the semiclassical answer for extreme charged black holes. A comprehensive discussion of applications of holographic duality to physics of the quarkgluon plasma.
This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how the duality can be used to extract transport properties of quantum systems from their gravity dual, covers derivation of new kubo formulae for transport coefficients and presents new results on magnetic impurities in strongly correlated metals. Aspects of the gauge gravity duality and holography. Depending on the context, this is known as gauge string duality, gauge gravity duality or the adscftcorrespondence. Nielsen book data summary gaugegravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with. Introduction to gauge gravity duality johanna erdmenger 1. Certainly one book that leaps to mind is barton zweibachs a first course in string theory, text. Gaugegravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity.
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