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  AdS/CFT seminal papers?

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I am about to begin my PhD in the applications of duality and holographic techniques to open problems in condensed matter physics. An area often called AdS/CMT. Having seen some relevant reviews, I realize that it is easy to find some nice descriptions and discussions concerning how holography is used to tackle such issues, i.e. holographic superconductors etc. However, in most such reviews the origin of the correspondence is only at best motivated, lacking any detailed discussion. I would like to ask your opinion about which two or three seminal papers regarding AdS/CFT should I focus on, in order to gain a deeper understanding on how the original correspondence was formulated on the first place. Brief remarks together with your suggestions are more than welcome.


This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-03-05 14:39 (UCT), posted by SE-user Cala

asked Sep 25, 2013 in Resources and References by Cala (0 points) [ revision history ]
recategorized Apr 24, 2014 by dimension10
Possible duplicates: physics.stackexchange.com/q/36303/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/61647/2451 and links therein.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-03-05 14:39 (UCT), posted by SE-user Qmechanic
Also see the answer by Genneth to this question: physics.stackexchange.com/q/8162

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-03-05 14:39 (UCT), posted by SE-user user10001

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The following paper currently has almost 7500 citations. Why does it have so many? Because it is amazing; read it.

Anti de Sitter Space and Holography, by Edward Witten

The canonical, detailed review is the following paper which currently has nearly 4000 citations (pretty weak...I know).

Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity, by MAGOO

Everyone I know who works in AdS/CFT has read Witten's paper above more than once, and at least once with pen and paper in hand to redo his computations. The paper by MAGOO is the go-to reference in the field.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-03-05 14:39 (UCT), posted by SE-user joshphysics
answered Sep 25, 2013 by joshphysics (835 points) [ no revision ]
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Concerning applications of holography, you should perhaps first read Andreas Karch's fresh introduction here:

http://motls.blogspot.com/2013/09/guest-blog-on-applications-of-holography.html?m=1

which also links to papers and proceedings that map the landscape of the papers, too. Josh is of course right that those are some of the key papers of AdS/CFT itself but you may have specifically wanted applications outside high-energy physics.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-03-05 14:39 (UCT), posted by SE-user Luboš Motl
answered Sep 25, 2013 by Luboš Motl (10,278 points) [ no revision ]

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