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LACES 2023

Lezioni Avanzate di Campi E Stringhe

Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Arcetri  Italy
November, 27th - December, 15th

 

AdS/CFT Correspondence

Alberto Zaffaroni - University of Milano Bicoccca

 
 
  Syllabus  
 
- Introduction to the concept of holography
 
- Conformal field theories and AdS spacetime
 
- General formulation of the correspondence
 
- The basic example: N=4 SYM versus AdS5 X S5
 
- Breaking conformal invariance
 
- Black hole thermodynamics and the AdS/CFT correspondence
 
- Selected topics
 
 
 
Suggested references:  
 
1) Martin Ammon, Johanna Erdmenger, Gauge/Gravity Duality,
Cambridge University press
 
2) Lectures notes
 
Future revisions of the notes as well as other related material and reviews
can be found on my homepage https://virgilio.mib.infn.it/~zaffaron/  
 
 
 
 
 
Organisers:
Agnese Bissi
Davide Cassani
Dario Francia
Federico Galli
Carlo Maccaferri
Noppadol Mekareeya
Secretary:
Annalisa Anichini
Alessandra Gentili
Mauro Morandini
Housing:
Mirella Ridi
Computer assistance:
Alessio Attardi
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