We review the holographic correspondence between field theories and string/M theory,
focusing on the relation between compactifications of string/M theory on Anti-de Sitter …

We give a pedagogical review of how concepts from quantum information theory build up
the gravitational side of the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence. The review …

We construct three dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories with gauge groups U (N)× U
(N) and SU (N)× SU (N) which have explicit Script N= 6 superconformal symmetry. Using …

Warped compactifications with significant war** provide one of the few known
mechanisms for naturally generating large hierarchies of physical scales. We demonstrate …

String theory is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical
physics. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to recent developments …

We revisit the singular IIB supergravity solution describing M-fractional 3-branes on the
conifold [hep-th/0002159]. Its 5-form flux decreases, which we explain by showing that the …

The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology and string theory.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background have revealed strong evidence for …

We study, using the dual AdS description, the vacua of field theories where some of the
gauge symmetry is broken by expectation values of scalar fields. In such vacua, operators …

We consider F/M/Type IIA theory compactified to four, three, or two dimensions on a Calabi–
Yau four-fold, and study the behavior near an isolated singularity in the presence of …

We investigate the embedding of brane inflation into stable compactifications of string
theory. At first sight a warped compactification geometry seems to produce a naturally flat …