Applications of superstring theory to strongly-coupled systems

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23540326
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
• Principal Investigator: Natsuume Makoto 大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 研究機関講師 (90311125)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 素粒子論 / 超弦理論 / AdS/CFT双対性 / ブラックホール / 流体力学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to apply the AdS/CFT duality in superstring theory into strongly-coupled systems. The computations in such systems are difficult to carry out, so there was little progress in theoretical understanding. The AdS/CFT duality claims that strongly-coupled field theories are equivalent to gravitational theories, so the computations become possible using gravitational theories. Some of our accomplishments are (1) the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, (2) nonequilibrium superconductivity, and (3) Japanese and English textbooks on the applications of the AdS/CFT duality.

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素粒子論