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Anti de Sitter space and holography

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Witten, Edward·1998·Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

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Recently, it has been proposed by Maldacena that large N limits of certain conformal field theories in d dimensions can be described in terms of supergravity (and string theory) on the product of d 4-1dimensional AdS space with a compact manifold.Here we elaborate on this idea and propose a precise correspondence between conformal field theory observables and those of supergravity: correlation functions in conformal field theory are given by the dependence of the supergravity action on the asymptotic behavior at infinity.In particular, dimensions of operators in conformal field theory are given by masses of particles in supergravity.As quantitative confirmation of this correspondence, we note that the Kaluza-Klein modes of Type IIB supergravity on AdS^ x S 5 match with the chiral operators of Af = 4 super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions.With some further assumptions, one can deduce a H'amiltonian version of the correspondence and show that the Af = 4 theory has a large N phase transition related to the thermodynamics of AdS black holes.

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Authors
Witten, E.
Affiliations
Institute for Advanced Study (US)
Corresponding author
Witten, Edward
Venue
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Published
1998
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
253-291
ISSN
  • 1095-0753 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-0761
OpenAlex
W1889142700
Cited by
13,070
References
53
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FWCI
261.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Keywords
AdS/CFT correspondence, anti-de Sitter space, holography, large N limit, conformal field theory, supergravity, type IIB supergravity, Kaluza-Klein modes, chiral operators, N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills, AdS black holes, operator dimensions, correlation functions

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