String Theory

Simplified drawing of the near-horizon geometry of many D3-branes.

A cartoon of the near-horizon geometry of many D3-branes. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)

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MIT Course Number

8.821

As Taught In

Fall 2008

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This is a one-semester class about gauge/gravity duality (often called AdS/CFT) and its applications.

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John McGreevy. 8.821 String Theory. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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