Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
12-2012
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Physics
Major Professor
George Siopsis
Committee Members
Adolfo Eguiluz, Norman Mannella, Henry Simpson
Abstract
Currently strongly coupled systems present the greatest challenge to theoretical physics. For years conventional methods of approach have failed to describe these systems analytically. In recent years it has been shown that there is a duality between weakly coupled and strongly coupled systems, the Gauge Theory/Gravity Duality. In this dissertation I will discuss how the AdS/CFT is used to describe strongly coupled condensed matter systems as well as present the work done by the author and collaborators.
Recommended Citation
Therrien, Jason Edward, "Condensed Matter from Gauge/Gravity Duality. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2012.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/1567
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