AdS/CFT Duality User Guide (eBook)

Makoto Natsuume (Autor)

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2015 | 2015
XI, 294 Seiten
Springer Tokyo (Verlag)
978-4-431-55441-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes applications of the AdS/CFT duality to the "real world." The AdS/CFT duality is an idea that originated from string theory and is a powerful tool for analyzing strongly-coupled gauge theories using classical gravitational theories. In recent years, it has been shown that one prediction of AdS/CFT is indeed close to the experimental result of the real quark–gluon plasma. Since then, the AdS/CFT duality has been applied to various fields of physics; examples are QCD, nuclear physics, condensed-matter physics, and nonequilibrium physics.  The aim of this book is to provide background materials such as string theory, black holes, nuclear physics, condensed-matter physics, and nonequilibrium physics as well as key applications of the AdS/CFT duality in a single volume. The emphasis throughout the book is on a pedagogical and intuitive approach focusing on the underlying physical concepts. It also includes step-by-step computations for important results, which are useful for beginners. This book will be a valuable reference work for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, general relativity, nuclear physics, nonequilibrium physics, and condensed-matter physics.

Inhalt

Introduction.- General relativity and black holes.- Black holes and thermodynamics.- Strong interaction and gauge theories.- The road to AdS/CFT.- The AdS spacetime.- AdS/CFT - equilibrium.- AdS/CFT - adding probes.- Basics of nonequilibrium physics.- AdS/CFT - non-equilibrium.- Other AdS spacetimes.- Applications to quark-gluon plasma.- Basics of phase transition.- AdS/CFT - phase transition.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Lecture Notes in Physics
• Verlagsort: Tokyo
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
• Schlagworte: AdS/CFT Duality • AdS/CFT Primer • Applications of AdS/CFT • Gauge/Gravity Duality • Holographic Superconductors • Large-N Gauge Theory • quark-gluon plasma • Strong Interaction and Gauge Theories • Viscosity of Quark-gluon Plasma • Wilson loops
• ISBN-10: 4-431-55441-6 / 4431554416
• ISBN-13: 978-4-431-55441-7 / 9784431554417