Field Theories à la Gravity: From Navier-Stokes to Superconductivity.

abstract: Recent developments inspired by string theoretic considerations provide multiple maps between gravitational and non-gravitational degrees of freedom. In this dis- sertation I discuss aspects of three such dualities, the gauge/gravity duality and how it applies to condensed matter systems,...

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Other Authors: Monga, Nikhil (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.63005