Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

In this report we explore the remarkable connections between light-front dynamics, its
holographic map** to gravity in a higher-dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS) space, and …

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 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 …

In a theory with linear confinement, such as QCD, the masses squared mn, S 2 of mesons
with high spin S or high radial excitation number n are expected, from semiclassical …

We propose a five-dimensional framework for modeling low-energy properties of QCD. In
the simplest three parameter model we compute masses, decay rates and couplings of the …

We investigate the decay of a scalar field outside a Schwarzschild anti–de Sitter black hole.
This is determined by computing the complex frequencies associated with quasinormal …

Various holographic approaches to QCD in five dimensions are explored using input both
from the putative five-dimensional non-critical string theory as well as QCD. It is argued that …

We examine the AdS-CFT correspondence when gauge theory is considered on a
compactified space with supersymmetry-breaking boundary conditions. We find that the …

Necessary conditions are proposed for the admissibility of singular classical solutions with
3+ 1-dimensional Poincare invariance to five-dimensional gravity coupled to scalars. Finite …