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 …

The problem of describing the quantum behavior of gravity, and thus understanding
quantum spacetime, is still open. Loop quantum gravity is a well-developed approach to this …

The Ruppeiner geometry of thermodynamic fluctuations provides a powerful diagnostic of
black hole microstructures. We investigate this for charged anti–de Sitter black holes and …

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 …

A bstract A set of infinitesimal Virasoro L⊗ Virasoro R diffeomorphisms are presented which
act non-trivially on the horizon of a generic Kerr black hole with spin J. The covariant phase …

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 …

Comparing with an ordinary thermodynamic system, we investigate the possible microscopic
structure of a charged anti–de Sitter black hole completely from the thermodynamic …

N= 2 supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions are studied by formulating them as
the quantum field theories derived from configurations of fourbranes, fivebranes, and …

Using the recent advances in our understanding of non-perturbative aspects of type 11
strings we show how non-trivial exact results for N= 2 quantum field theories can be reduced …

This is an introduction to the properties of D-branes, topological defects in string theory on
which string endpoints can live. D-branes provide a simple description of various …