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 start by reviewing the existing literature on the creation of black holes during high-
energy particle collisions, both in the absence and in the presence of extra, compact …

Recently, it has been proposed by Maldacena that large $ N $ limits of certain conformal
field theories in $ d $ dimensions can be described in terms of supergravity (and string …

We show that the large-N limits of certainconformal field theories in various dimensions
includein their Hilbert space a sector describing supergravityon the product of anti-de Sitter …

We suggest a means of obtaining certain Green's functions in 3+ 1-dimensional N= 4
supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a large number of colors via non-critical string theory …

The correspondence between supergravity (and string theory) on $ AdS $ space and
boundary conformal field theory relates the thermodynamics of ${\cal N}= 4$ super Yang …

The ratio of shear viscosity to volume density of entropy can be used to characterize how
close a given fluid is to being perfect. Using string theory methods, we show that this ratio is …

We propose a method to calculate the expectation values of an operator similar to the
Wilson loop in the large N limit of field theories. We consider N= 4 (3+ 1)-dimensional …

We calculate the Weyl anomaly for conformal field theories that can be described via the
adS/CFT correspondence. This entails regularizing the gravitational part of the …

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 …