Topics in Gauge/Gravity Duality

Includes bibliographical references. === The gauge theory/gravity correspondence encompasses a variety of di_erent specific dualities. We investigate various topics in the context of Super–Yang- Mills/type IIB string theory and superconformal Chern-Simons-matter/type IIA string theory dualities. We...

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Main Author: Rughoonauth, Nitin
Other Authors: Murugan, Jeffrey
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13216