String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
I review recent progress on the connection between string theory and quantum chromodynamics in the context of the gauge/gravity duality. Emphasis is placed on conciseness and conceptual aspects rather than on technical details. Topics covered include the large-Nc limit of gauge theories, the gravitational description of gauge theory thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, and confinement/deconfinement thermal phase transitions.
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@article{arxiv.0709.1523,
title = {String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics},
author = {David Mateos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1523},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
38 pages, 24 figures. Lectures given at the RTN Winter School on "Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories" at CERN on January 15-19, 2007