Applications of Holographic Dualities

We introduce and review some of the building blocks to what is known as the AdS/CFT correspondence. We then present, using the framework of the correspondence, two applications: one to QCD (Chapters 2 and 3) and one to superconductivity (Chapter 4). The work presented in these chapters was carried o...

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Main Author: Albrecht, Dylan Judd
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623624
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3415&context=etd
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Summary:We introduce and review some of the building blocks to what is known as the AdS/CFT correspondence. We then present, using the framework of the correspondence, two applications: one to QCD (Chapters 2 and 3) and one to superconductivity (Chapter 4). The work presented in these chapters was carried out by the author and collaborators during the author's graduate studies.