2000/08/28 by J. G. Russo, Russo, J. G.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0008212
latex, 27 pages. Lectures at SILAFAE III, Cartagena, Colombia (april 2000)
arxiv created 2000/08/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
These are introductory lectures on the correspondence between SU(N) gauge theories and Superstring Theory in anti-de Sitter geometries (AdS). The subject combines a number of different topics, including supersymmetric field theory, classical and quantum physics of black holes, string theory, string dualities, conformal field theories (CFT), and quantum field theory in anti-de Sitter spaces. We also discuss applications of this AdS/CFT correspondence to the large N dynamics of pure QCD.