[신간의 별자리x] 우리/미술, 그리고 ‘슬픔의 박물관’

http://inspirehep.net/record/499969/files/arXiv:hep-th_9905111.pdf

Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity

Modified Gravity and Cosmology

To say that this is the best book on the quantum theory of fields is no praise, since to my knowledge it is the only book on this subject But it is a very good and most useful book The original was written in German and appeared in 1942 This is a translation with some minor changes A few remarks have been added, concerning meson theory and nuclear forces, also footnotes referring to modern work in this field, and finally an appendix on the symmetrization of the energy momentum tensor according to Belinfante Quantum Theory of Fields Prof Gregor Wentzel Translated from the German by Charlotte Houtermans and J M Jauch Pp ix + 224, (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, Inc, 1949) 36s

Quantum Theory of Fields

We revisit the singular IIB supergravity solution describing M fractional 3branes on the conifold [hep-th/0002159]. Its 5-form flux decreases, which we explain by showing that the relevant N = 1 SUSY SU(N+M)×SU(N) gauge theory undergoes repeated Seiberg-duality transformations in which N → N − M. Far in the IR the gauge theory confines; its chiral symmetry breaking removes the singularity of hep-th/0002159 by deforming the conifold. We propose a non-singular pure-supergravity background dual to the field theory on all scales, with small curvature everywhere if the ‘t Hooft coupling gsM is large. In the UV it approaches that of hep-th/0002159, incorporating the logarithmic flow of couplings. In the IR the deformation of the conifold gives a geometrical realization of chiral symmetry breaking and confinement. We suggest that pure N = 1 Yang-Mills may be dual to strings propagating at small gsM on a warped deformed conifold. We note also that the standard model itself may lie at the base of a duality cascade.

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1126-6708/2000/08/052/pdf

Supergravity and a confining gauge theory: duality cascades and χSB-resolution of naked singularities

Gravity may be ``locally localized'' over a wide range of length scales on a d-dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS) brane living inside AdSd+1. In this paper we examine this phenomenon from the point of view of the holographic dual ``defect conformal field theory''. The mode expansion of bulk fields on the gravity side is shown to be precisely dual to the ``boundary operator product expansion'' of operators as they approach the defect. From the field theory point of view, the condition for localization is that a ``reduced operator'' appearing in this expansion acquires negative anomalous dimension. In particular, a very light localized graviton exists when a mode arising from the reduction of the ambient stress-energy tensor to the defect has conformal dimension ? ~ d?1. The part of the stress tensor containing the defect dynamics has dimension ? = d?1 in the free theory, but we argue that it acquires a positive anomalous dimension in the interacting theory, and does not participate in localization in the regime of small backreaction of the brane. We demonstrate that such an anomalous dimension is consistent with the conservation of the full stress-energy tensor. Finally, we analyze how to compute the anomalous dimensions of reduced operators from gravity at leading order in the interactions with the brane.

Defect conformal field theory and locally localized gravity

Branes and six dimensional fixed points

Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten via fractional branes

Mirror symmetries for brane configurations and branes at singularities

We show that the full spurionic symmetry of Galilean-invariant field theories can be deduced when those theories are the limits of relativistic parents. Under the limit, the non-relativistic daughter couples to Newton-Cartan geometry together with all of the symmetries advocated in previous work, including the recently revived Milne boosts. Our limit is a covariant version of the usual one, where we start with a gapped relativistic theory with a conserved charge, turn on a chemical potential equal to the rest mass of the lightest charged state, and then zoom in to the low energy sector. This procedure gives a simple physical interpretation for the Milne boosts. Our methods even apply when there is a magnetic moment, which is known to modify the non-relativistic symmetry transformations. We focus on two examples. Free scalars are used to demonstrate the basic procedure, whereas hydrodynamics is used in order to exhibit the power of this approach in a fully dynamical setting, correcting several inaccuracies in the existing literature.

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Andreas Karch

Papers

Defect conformal field theory and locally localized gravity

Branes and six dimensional fixed points

Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten via fractional branes

Mirror symmetries for brane configurations and branes at singularities

Revisiting non-relativistic limits