Table of Contents

Part I. Prerequisites: 1. Elements of field theory; 2. Elements of gravity; 3. Symmetries in quantum field theory; 4. Introduction to superstring theory; Part II. Gauge/Gravity Duality: 5. AdS/CFT correspondence; 6. Tests of the AdS/CFT correspondence; 7. Integrability and scattering amplitudes; 8. Further examples of AdS/CFT; 9. Holographic renormalisation group flows; 10. Duality with D-branes in supergravity; 11. Finite temperature and density; Part III. Applications: 12. Linear response and hydrodynamics; 13. QCD and holography: confinement and chiral symmetry breaking; 14. QCD and holography: finite temperature and density; 15. Strongly coupled condensed matter systems; Appendixes; References; Index.

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The first textbook on this important topic, for graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics.

About the Author

Martin Ammon is a Junior Professor at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, leading a research group on gauge/gravity duality. Johanna Erdmenger is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute), Munich, Germany. She is one of the pioneers of applying gauge/gravity duality to elementary particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics.

Reviews

'An excellent introduction to the gauge/gravity duality and its main applications. A valuable guide both for graduate students and experienced researchers.' Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey

'This clear and precise book should be very helpful to any student or researcher that is interested in the gauge/gravity correspondence and its field theory applications.' Ofer Aharony, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

'A well-structured and illustrated introduction … and an in depth and up-to-date discussion of all the essential features of the gauge/gravity correspondence.' Andreas Karch, University of Washington, Seattle

'Written by experts in the field, this book is remarkable for its broad survey of one of the most cutting-edge topics in theoretical physics of the past ten years.' Nick Evans, University of Southampton