String Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics
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چکیده
I review recent progress on the connection between string theory and quantum chromodynamics in the context of the gauge/gravity duality. Emphasis is placed on conciseness and conceptual aspects rather than on technical details. Topics covered include the largeNc limit of gauge theories, the gravitational description of gauge theory thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, and confinement/deconfinement thermal phase transitions. Lectures given at the RTN Winter School on “Strings, Supergravity and Gauge Theories” at CERN on January 15-19, 2007.
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