Four Lectures On The Gauge/Gravity Correspondence

@article{Bertolini2003FourLO,
  title={Four Lectures On The Gauge/Gravity Correspondence},
  author={Matteo Bertolini},
  journal={International Journal of Modern Physics A},
  year={2003},
  volume={18},
  pages={5647-5712}
}
  • M. Bertolini
  • Published 18 March 2003
  • Mathematics
  • International Journal of Modern Physics A
We review in a pedagogical manner some of the efforts aimed at extending the gauge/gravity correspondence to nonconformal supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions. After giving a general overview, we discuss in detail two specific examples: fractional D-branes on orbifolds and D-branes wrapped on supersymmetric cycles of Calabi–Yau spaces. We explore in particular which gauge theory information can be extracted from the corresponding supergravity solutions, and what the remaining open… 
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