Large N field theories, string theory and gravity

被引：4124

作者：

Aharony, O

Gubser, SS

Maldacena, J

Ooguri, H

Oz, Y ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CERN, Div Theory, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

[2] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Lyman Lab Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA

[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[6] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS | 2000年 / 323卷 / 3-4期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

gauge theories; supersymmetry; supergravity; string theory;

D O I：

10.1016/S0370-1573(99)00083-6

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We review the holographic correspondence between field theories and string/M theory, focusing on the relation between compactifications of string/M theory on Anti-de Sitter spaces and conformal held theories. We review the background for this correspondence and discuss its motivations and the evidence for its correctness. We describe the main results that have been derived from the correspondence in the regime that the held theory is approximated by classical or semiclassical gravity. We focus on the case of the N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theory in four dimensions, but we discuss also field theories in other dimensions, conformal and non-conformal, with or without supersymmetry, and in particular the relation to QCD. We also discuss some implications for black hole physics. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：183 / 386

页数：204

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