Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Created: | 2007-11-28 09:09 |
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Institution: | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
Editors' group: | SMS Editors group for the Newton Institute |
Description: | Two central theories in modern theoretical physics are gauge fields and strings. Quantum gauge fields form the basis of the standard model of elementary particle physics, and are also rich mathematically - indeed, a rigorous derivation of their spectrum is one of the Clay Institute's seven millennium prize problems in mathematics. String theory potentially unifies quantum physics with gravity, and has offered a rich vein of mathematical exploration for over thirty years. Right from the early days, when string theory was envisaged as a model of strongly interacting particles, and more recently exemplified in the AdS/CFT correspondence, it has been clear that there is a close and rather mysterious relationship between the two.
The programme starts with some open issues in QCD, the gauge theory of quarks and gluons. Both conceptual issues such as dynamical mass generation and color confinement, and phenomenological ones such as properties of the quark-gluon plasma studied in ultra-relativistic ion collisions and the nature of matter at high baryon density, can be tackled by a variety of non-perturbative approaches involving lattice simulations, the properties of topologically non-trivial solutions of the Yang-Mills field equations, or random matrix models.We then consider more theoretical questions, in particular involving supersymmetry and large-rank gauge groups, where pure N = 1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories (SYM) are directly connected with QCD. The increased analytic control offered by such models coupled with new techniques based on duality symmetries have enabled many exciting new, exact results in recent years, including bounds on transport coefficients which may potentially inform RHIC phenomenology. The same ideas, for varying degrees of supersymmetry, naturally recur in matrix models and string theory, and lead on to the central theme of the programme, the gauge/string correspondence. A recent feature of this has been the ubiquitous appearance of 'integrability', the exact solubility of certain classical and quantum models. Integrability appears on both sides of the AdS/CFT correspondence, with spin-chain techniques enabling the calculation of anomalous dimensions in the N = 4 SYM which match string states which are those of classical integrable systems, while the hidden symmetries of the full AdS string sigma models are yet to be unravelled. Another important recent development is the reformulation of weakly-coupled Yang-Mills theory as a string theory in twistor space, leading to a resurgence in the application of string-inspired techniques to perturbative calculations in gauge theories. The programme thus encompasses a broad sweep of interests and techniques, from strong-interaction phenomenology and lattice simulation through theoretical aspects of gauge fields and strings to integrability. In our view there has never been a more fertile time for workers from different ranges of this spectrum to interact and exchange ideas and insight. The programme will be supplemented by workshops on Deconfinement in QCD (in August) and Integrability and the gauge/string correspondence (December) and a school on Gauge fields and strings (September). |
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AdS/YM integrability and the Ising Model
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Gomez, C (Madrid)
Wednesday 14 November 2007, 11:30-12:45
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 6 Dec 2007
Algebraic aspects of the AdS/CFT S matrix
286 views
Spill, F (Imperial)
Thursday 13 December 2007, 16:10-16:30
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Mon 7 Jan 2008
Anomalous dimensions at strong coupling: NNLO and beyond
200 views
Roiban, R (Penn State)
Tuesday 11 December 2007, 09:30-10:10
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 20 Dec 2007
Anomalous dimensions of local operators and Pomeron in N=4 SUSY
348 views
Lipatov, L (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute)
Thursday 13 December 2007, 10:15-10:55
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Mon 7 Jan 2008
Applying the BES trick to QCD
171 views
Ferretti, G (Chalmers )
Tuesday 11 December 2007, 16:10-16:50
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 14 Dec 2007
Aspects of strongly coupled 2+1D Yang-Mills
278 views
Agarwal, A (AEI Potsdam)
Monday 19 November 2007, 11:30-12:45
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 20 Dec 2007
Baxter equations for super Yang-Mills theories
352 views
Belitsky, A (Arizona State)
Friday 14 December 2007, 09:30-10:10
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Mon 7 Jan 2008
Black hole deconstruction
292 views
Taylor, M (Amsterdam)
Thursday 08 November 2007, 11:00-12:30
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Wed 5 Dec 2007
Black holes in Yang Mills theory 1
615 views
Minwalla, S (TIFR)
Monday 24 September 2007, 09:45-11:00
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 9 Nov 2007
Black holes in Yang Mills theory 2
315 views
Minwalla, S (TIFR)
Tuesday 25 September 2007, 08:30-09:45
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Tue 13 Nov 2007
Black holes in Yang Mills theory 3
278 views
Minwalla, S (TIFR)
Tuesday 25 September 2007, 15:45-17:00
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Tue 13 Nov 2007
Black holes in Yang Mills theory 4
333 views
Minwalla, S (TIFR)
Wednesday 26 September 2007, 09:45-11:00
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Tue 20 Nov 2007
Branes and field theory 1
665 views
Kutasov, D (Chicago)
Tuesday 18 September 2007, 15:45-17:00
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Sat 22 Sep 2007
Branes and field theory 2
353 views
Kutasov, D (Chicago)
Wednesday 19 September 2007, 14:00-15:15
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Sun 23 Sep 2007
Branes and field theory 3
553 views
Kutasov, D (Chicago)
Thursday 20 September 2007, 15:45-17:00
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Wed 3 Oct 2007
Branes and field theory 4
350 views
Kutasov, D (Chicago)
Friday 21 September 2007, 08:30-09:45
Gauge Fields and Strings
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 5 Oct 2007
Classical and quantum aspects of integrable shocks
257 views
Corrigan, E (York)
Wednesday 12 December 2007, 10:15-10:55
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 3 Jan 2008
Collapsing the Bethe ansatz
286 views
Fendley, P (Oxford/Virginia)
Tuesday 11 December 2007, 15:30-16:10
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Wed 19 Dec 2007
Conformal field theories with supergroup symmetry
283 views
Quella, T (Amsterdam)
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 11:30-12:45
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 20 Dec 2007
Correlation functions of quantum integrable models
270 views
Maillet, JM (ENS Lyon \& CNRS)
Monday 10 December 2007, 16:50-17:30
Integrability and the Gauge/String Correspondence
Collection: Strong Fields, Integrability and Strings
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 14 Dec 2007