String theory and quantum chromodynamics

2007/09/11 by David Mateos · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Deconfinement #Duality (order theory) #Gauge theory #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum #Quantum chromodynamics #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String theory #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/21/s01

published as Class.Quant.Grav.24:S713-S740,2007 · 38 pages, 24 figures. Lectures given at the RTN Winter School on "Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories" at CERN on January 15-19, 2007

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Abstract

I review recent progress on the connection between string theory and quantum chromodynamics in the context of the gauge/gravity duality. Emphasis is placed on conciseness and conceptual aspects rather than on technical details. Topics covered include the large- limit of gauge theories, the gravitational description of gauge theory thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, and confinement/deconfinement thermal phase transitions.

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