Large N field theories, string theory and gravity

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DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(99)00083-6zbMATH Open1368.81009arXivhep-th/9905111OpenAlexW2107240173WikidataQ56227885 ScholiaQ56227885MaRDI QIDQ2397916FDOQ2397916


Authors: Ofer Aharony, S. S. Gubser, Hirosi Ooguri, Yaron Oz, Juan Maldacena Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 11 August 2017

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the holographic correspondence between field theories and string/M theory, focusing on the relation between compactifications of string/M theory on Anti-de Sitter spaces and conformal field theories. We review the background for this correspondence and discuss its motivations and the evidence for its correctness. We describe the main results that have been derived from the correspondence in the regime that the field theory is approximated by classical or semiclassical gravity. We focus on the case of the N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory in four dimensions, but we discuss also field theories in other dimensions, conformal and non-conformal, with or without supersymmetry, and in particular the relation to QCD. We also discuss some implications for black hole physics.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905111




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