Title From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence Author(s) Papantonopoulos, Eleftherios Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Description XVIII, 425 p. 107 illus., 35 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note The AdS/CFT correspondence is a powerful tool in studying strongly coupled phenomena in gauge field theories, using results from a weakly coupled gravity background studied in the realm of string theory. AdS/CFT was first successfully applied to the study of phenomena such as the quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy ions collisions. Soon it was realized that its applicability can be extended, in a more phenomenological approach, to condensed matter systems and to systems described by fluid dynamics. ??The set of tutorial reviews in this volume??is intended as an introduction to and survey of the principle of the AdS/CFT correspondence in its field/string theoretic formulation, its applicability to holographic QCD and to heavy ions collisions, and to give a first account of processes in fluid dynamics and condensed matter physics, which can be studied with the use of this principle. ??Written by leading researchers in the field and cast into the form of a high-level but approachable multi-author textbook, this volume will be of benefit to all postgraduate students, and newcomers from neighboring disciplines wishing to find a comprehensive guide for their future research ISBN,Price 9783642048647 Keyword(s) 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Elementary particles (Physics) 5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 6. GRAVITATION 7. Heavy ions 8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS 9. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons 10. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory 11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 12. STRING THEORY 13. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity 14. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 15. SUPERCONDUCTORS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07517     On Shelf