Despite some technical problems, we argue that in an effective field theory framework and in the context of the adscft correspondence, this action can be used to study the properties of a superfluid phase transition with a dwave order parameter in a dual strongly interacting field. Superconductivity from gaugegravity duality with flavor. Section 10 discusses the bearing of gauge gravity duality on two philosophical topics. There are in nitely many examples of quantum eld theory, the standard model. Nevertheless higherspin gravity theories have a rich structure, and they provide an interesting setup to study adscft duality. Fermi surfaces and gaugegravity duality harvard sachdev.
Tasi lectures on applications of gaugegravity duality. This new relation implies new questions about the nature of gravity. Pdf deeply virtual compton scattering from gaugegravity. In three spacetime dimensions, higherspin gauge elds are particularly simple, because they do not have propagating degrees of freedom. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. In the second, we find a unified prescription in the gravity dual for calculating the action of the entanglement hamiltonian associated to an arbitrary spatial region in a given holographic state. These are notes for a ten week course, with the goal of presenting an introduction to the worldsheet approach to string theory which is su ciently complete to prepare you for 230b, which will focus on gauge gravity duality.
Alternatively, you can download the file locally and open with any standalone pdf reader. Pdf aspects of the gaugegravity duality and holography. June published for sissa by springer open access 0 1 c the authors. The first three sections present the basics, focusing on. Vector meson production from gauge gravity duality marko djuri c university of porto work with miguel s. In this thesis we present several applications of gauge gravity duality techniques to the study of such systems, some of them from a phenomenological perspective, where an \textitad hoc gravitational theory is devised to model particular phenomena, and some from a stringtheoretical perspective, where the gravitational system is embedded in. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how the duality can be.
Hydrodynamics of strongly coupled nonconformal fluids from gauge gravity duality by greggory todd springer abstract the subject of relativistic hydrodynamics is explored using the tools of gauge gravity duality. Introduction to gaugegravity duality tasi lectures 2017. Gauge gravity duality and its applications harvard talk online. This thesis investigates applications of the gaugegravity duality to strongly coupled quantum field theories. Although the gauge gravity duality is a conjecture, it has been shown to work for special cases where the same property could be calculated in both the easy and hard ways. Application of gauge gravity duality consider a large n sun gauge theory and identify n with n ch. Wg1 gaugegravity duality the string theory universe. Gaugegravity duality by martin ammon cambridge university press. So let me start with the question, is it possible to make the spin2 graviton as a bound state of two spin1 gauge bosons.
How might the gauge gravity duality bring us closer. Gauge gravity duality presents new links between quantum theory and gravity, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. Applications of the gaugegravity duality inspire inspire hep. The main focus of the present work is on applications to condensed matter systems, in particular high temperature superconductors and quantum matter close to criticality at zero temperature. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser.
Topics in gaugegravity duality graduate lecture course university of oxford trinity term 2012 room 501, dwb, department of physics mondays, 14. Using gauge gravity duality, with the probe of two flavor d7branes in the ads black hole background, it was shown that the system underwent a secondorder phase transition to a. Fermions in an ads 3 black hole background and the gauge. Foundations and applications martin ammon, johanna erdmenger on. Topics in gaugegravity duality university of oxford. We write down an action for a charged, massive spin two field in a fixed einstein background. In this thesis, we present studies that elucidate the relationship between entanglement in strongly coupled gauge theories and the geometry of their gravity duals. Gaugegravity duality, which generalises the original adscft correspondence, is one of the most innovative areas of current research in theoretical physics. Pdf add to download queue x your file is being processed return to research publications. It provides a framework for obtaining new insights into strongly coupled quantum field theories using weakly coupled gravitational techniques and has also lead to new insights into string. Gaugegravity duality and nonequilibrium dynamics of. Gauge gravity duality 3 model provides a simple solvable illustration of the problem. Conceptual aspects of gaugegravity duality springerlink.
As an application example of gaugegravity duality, we present a holographic kondo model. Deeply virtual compton scattering from gaugegravity duality. Costa and nick evans gauge gravity 20, munchen, tuesday, july 30, 20. If you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information on this website or need materials in an alternate format, contact web. The original example, conjectured by 63, concerns a gravity theory a string theory on an antide sitter spacetime, being equivalent to a gauge. Various technical results are collected in the appendices. Topics in gaugegravity duality oxford physics university of oxford. The last section surveys a variety of ways to generate duals of reduced symmetry.
It bridges the gap between the seemingly distant elds of general relativity gr and quantum eld theory qft, which represent two cornerstones of modern fundamental physics. On one side are antide sitter spaces which are used in theories of quantum gravity, formulated in terms of string theory or mtheory. In particular, we find that the linearized perturbation of the metric caused by the entanglement hamiltonian propagates from the bulk entangling surface. Applications of the gaugegravity duality ora oxford university. Idea the idea is to use adscft correspondence to explore the hydrodynamic regime of thermal gauge theory.
This is a copy of the 2009 princeton university thesis which examined various aspects of gauge gravity duality, including renormalization group flows, phase transitions of the holographic entanglement entropy, and instabilities associated with the breaking of supersymmetry. Read gauge gravity duality online, read in mobile or kindle. The gauge gravity duality originates from string theory and is a particular realization of the holographic principle. These lectures are an introduction to gauge gravity duality, presented at tasi 2010. Gaugegravity duality also known as adscft is an amazing duality that relates theories of quantum gravity with a negative cosmological constant to certain quantum eld theories living in a smaller dimensional spacetime. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in string theory and particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics. This is followed by a pedagogical introduction to the use of these methods in determining hydrodynamic dispersion relations, wq, of perturbations in a strongly. 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. Fermions in an ads 3 black hole background and the gaugegravity duality metadata title. A report presented for the examination for the transfer of status to the degree of doctor of.
Hydrodynamics of strongly coupled nonconformal fluids. Download gauge gravity duality ebook free in pdf and epub format. In string theory, one of the many vibrational states of the string corresponds to the graviton, a quantum mechanical particle that carries gravitational force. Gauge gravity duality is one of the most exciting developments in theoretical physics of the past twenty years. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
Cambridge core particle physics and nuclear physics gaugegravity duality by martin ammon. Applications of the gaugegravity duality jonas probst springer. Pdf aspects of the gauge gravity duality and holography. The subject of relativistic hydrodynamics is explored using the tools of gauge gravity duality. Gr describes the macroscopic realms of astronomy and. The dictionary of gauge gravity duality gauge theory gravity. Gauge gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. Renormalization group flows in gaugegravity duality. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. Fermions in an ads 3 black hole background and the gaugegravity duality. Gaugegravity duality also known as adscft is an amazing duality that relates theories of quantum gravity with a.
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