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String Theory and Holographic Duality (Fall 2014, MIT OCW).

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666 years, 7 months

Units & Quizzes

24

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Instructor: Professor Hong Liu. This string theory course focuses on holographic duality (also known as gauge/gravity duality or AdS/CFT) as a novel method of approaching and connecting a range of diverse subjects, including quantum gravity/black holes, QCD at extreme conditions, exotic condensed matter systems, and quantum information. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Emergence of Gravity Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – Classical Black Hole Geometry Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Causal Structure of a Black Hole and Black Hole Temperature Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – Physical Interpretation of Black Hole Temperature Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Black Hole Thermodynamics Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Holographic Principle Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Structure of Large-N Expansion Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Large-N Expansion as a String Theory, Part I Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Large-N Expansion as a String Theory, Part II Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Basics of String Theory and Light-cone Gauge Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – String Theory in the Light-Cone Gauge Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – String Spectrum and Graviton Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Physics of D-branes, Part I Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Physics of D-branes, Part II Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – Physics of D-branes, Part III Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – Geometry of D-branes and AdS/CFT Conjecture Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – More on AdS/CFT Duality Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – General Aspects of the Duality Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Mass-dimension Relation Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Euclidean Correlation Functions: Two-point Functions Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Euclidean Correlation Functions: Higher-point Functions Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Computation of the Wilson Loop Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Duality at a Finite Temperature and Finite Chemical Potential Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Holographic Entanglement Entropy Unlimited