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Allan Adler - 27 Jan 2008 15:56 GMT

I just read the Science News article, "Shadow World" (Nov.17, 2007, vol.172,
pp.315-317). It briefly describes both the work of Maldacena and of some
recent applications of his ideas relating black holes to particle physics
and superconductivity. If there is a good, technical survey article on this
body of work, I'd like to read it. Can someone recommend one?

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Phil Cartwright - 28 Jan 2008 04:08 GMT

> I just read the Science News article, "Shadow World" (Nov.17, 2007, vol.172,
> pp.315-317). It briefly describes both the work of Maldacena and of some
> recent applications of his ideas relating black holes to particle physics
> and superconductivity. If there is a good, technical survey article on this
> body of work, I'd like to read it. Can someone recommend one?

The Illusion of Gravity. John Maldacena; Scientific American, vol. 293
no. 5 (November 2005).

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Allan Adler - 29 Jan 2008 18:15 GMT

> > I just read the Science News article,"Shadow World" (Nov.17, 2007, vol.172,
> > pp.315-317). It briefly describes both the work of Maldacena and of some
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> The Illusion of Gravity. John Maldacena; Scientific American, vol. 293
> no. 5 (November 2005).

I think I probably read that. But I don't consider Scientific American articles
to be technical survey articles. I'm thinking of something more along the lines
of Annual Reviews in Particle Physics or something like that, even if only
a preprint.

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Phil Cartwright - 31 Jan 2008 01:42 GMT

>>>I just read the Science News article,"Shadow World" (Nov.17, 2007, vol.172,
>>>pp.315-317). It briefly describes both the work of Maldacena and of some
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> of Annual Reviews in Particle Physics or something like that, even if only
> a preprint.

Try the further-information references at the end of the same Scientific
American article. That's the main reason I posted it...

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Maldacena duality