Gaugegravity duality by martin ammon cambridge core. This book is the first textbook on this important matter, enabling graduate school college students and researchers in string idea and particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with the. Buy string theory methods for condensed matter physics by horatiu nastase isbn. Kondo models from gaugegravity duality kondo effect.
Gaugegravity duality presents new links between quantum theory and gravity, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling. In the adscft correspondence, one considers, in addition to a theory of quantum gravity, a certain kind of quantum field theory called a conformal field theory. Andrew strominger and cumrun vafa calculated the entropy of certain configurations of dbranes and found agreement with the semiclassical answer for extreme charged black holes. The banff international research station will host the gauge gravity duality and condensed matter physics workshop from february 28th to march 4th, 2016. 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 to get acquainted. Introduction to superconductivity books on physics series publications. Focusing on the fundamental aspects as well as on the applications, this textbook guides readers through a thorough explanation of the central concepts of gauge gravity duality. 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. The large n limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity maldacena, juan martin int. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with.
Set within the context of condensed matter physics and using boxes. This example illustrates how gauge gravity duality leads to unexpected new connections between previously unrelated areas of theoretical physics. String theory methods for condensed matter physics. A pioneering treatise presenting how the new mathematical techniques of holographic duality unify seemingly unrelated fields of physics. Gauge gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. This book describes realworld applications of the adscft duality for beginning graduate. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. Quantum field theories are also used throughout condensed matter physics to model particlelike objects called quasiparticles. This book begins with a pedagogical introduction to how the duality can be used to extract transport.
This book builds a bridge between the physics of condensed matter systems and the string theory ideas that can be used to understand them better. Click download or read online button to get introduction to ads cft correspondence book now. On one side are antide sitter spaces ads which are used in theories of quantum gravity, formulated in terms of string theory or mtheory. Antidesittercondensed matter theory quantum matter theory.
The gravity methods offer hope of a deeper understanding of exotic and strongly coupled compressible quantum states. I survey the compressible systems studied using gauge gravity duality, and discuss their relationship to the condensed matter classification of such states. Strongly coupled condensed matter systems appendixes references index. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with the subject. Nevertheless, the insights afforded can often be expressed in ways very familiar to condensed matter physicists, such as relationships between response functions and new sum. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is one of three textbooks published in 2015 1 3 which provide an introduction to all the. This textbook is aimed at providing graduate students and researchers in string theory and quantum gravity but also in strongly coupled gauge theories and condensed matter physics with fundamental concepts and applications of gauge gravity duality. Gaugegravity duality ebook by martin ammon rakuten kobo. Holographic duality in condensed matter zaanen, jan on. This innovative development morphs quantum field theory, general relativity and the renormalisation group into a single computational framework and this book is the first to bring together a wide range of research in this rapidly developing field.
Sep 21, 2017 the gaugegravity duality, which arose from studies in string theory in the late 1990s, is one of the most important modern tools to understand the behavior of quantum field theories at strong coupling. Cambridge core condensed matter physics, nanoscience and mesoscopic physics. New applications of gaugegravity duality to condensed matter physics. I survey the compressible systems studied using gauge gravity duality and discuss their relationship to the condensed matter classification of such states. However, nastase writes that he intends for the book to be accessible to readers who are just beginning to learn about string theory and its relation to condensed matter. The basis for this variously known as holography, the adscft correspondence or gaugegravity duality. For the adscft correspondence, it explains in detail how string theory provides the conjectured map. Confinementdeconfinement transition from symmetry breaking in gaugegravity duality.
Aug 31, 2018 the first edition of gauge gravity duality by ammon and erdmenger was published in april 2015 by the cambridge university press. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in string theory and particle, nuclear and condensed matter. It is an example of a gauge gravity duality and is now understood to be a special case of the adscft correspondence. Aug 31, 2018 condensed matter physics with fundamental concepts and applications of gaugegravity duality. Strongly coupled condensed matter systems chapter 15 gauge. 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. String theory is a promising candidate for a unified theory encompassing both quantum physics and gravity. Harvard perimeter institute, waterloo, july 14, 2011 thursday, july 14, 2011. The aim of the meeting is to bring together leading international experts from both gauge gravity duality and condensed matter physics to explore how the new approach may 1. Nielsen book data summary gaugegravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. Gauge gravity duality, also known as holography, relates quantum field theories to theories of gravity. Applications of the gaugegravity duality jonas probst springer.
Holographic duality in condensed matter physics by jan zaanen. The first edition of gauge gravity duality by ammon and erdmenger was published in april 2015 by the cambridge university press. Generalisations to less symmetric cases of gaugegravity duality and their applications are then presented, in particular to finite temperature and density, hydrodynamics, qcdlike theories, the quarkgluon plasma and condensed matter systems. The uses of gaugegravity duality in condensed matter physics harvard pcts, september, 2011 sachdev. Gauge gravity duality presents new links between quantum theory and gravity, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. Gaugegravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity.
Within condensed matter physics, there are many extremely interesting physical. Screening of a magnetic impurity by conduction electrons at low temperatures motivation for study within gaugegravity duality. Please redirect your searches to the new ads modern form or the classic form. Adscft duality user guide lecture notes in physics. It has led to new concepts in arithmetic and physics, and provides new tools to unravel points in numerous areas of theoretical physics. What can gauge gravity duality teach us about condensed matter physics. For the ad scft correspondence, it explains in detail how string theory provides the conjectured map. Apr 22, 20 the basis for this variously known as holography, the adscft correspondence or gauge gravity duality comes from notions right at the cutting edge of string theory. The uses of gaugegravity duality in condensed matter physics. Holographic duality in condensed matter physics this pioneering treatise presents how the new mathematical techniques of holographic duality unify seemingly unrelated. An introduction to gauge gravity duality and its application in. Familiar examples are solids, superfluids, and fermi liquids, but there are more exotic possibilities involving deconfined phases of gauge fields in the presence of fermi surfaces. The uses of gauge gravity duality in condensed matter physics harvard pcts, september, 2011 sachdev.
Generalisations to less symmetric cases of gauge gravity duality and their applications are then presented, in particular to finite temperature and density, hydrodynamics, qcdlike theories, the quarkgluon plasma and condensed matter systems. Gaugegravity duality martin ammon bok 9781107010345. Since then, the adscft duality has been applied to various fields of physics. The adscft duality is a powerful tool for analyzing stronglycoupled gauge theories. I am going to rst motivate the duality in a somewhat unconventional way, but i like it because it connects the two sides, gauge theory and gravity, without going directly through string theory as do many of the applications, and it allows us to introduce many ideas that will be important later on. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. String theory methods for condensed matter physics assumes previous graduate coursework in quantum field theory and some knowledge of solidstate physics and general relativity. Field theory duality adscft, also known as the gauge gravity duality or. Introduction to ads cft correspondence download ebook pdf. Adscft duality user guide lecture notes in physics book 903. When one theory is strongly coupled, and therefore difficult to study directly, the other is. Holographic duality in condensed matter physics, cambridge university.
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