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Holographic models and their limits
Introduce gauge-gravity duality through explicit conjectured correspondences and controlled calculations, keeping model results distinct from established descriptions of our universe.
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Module 01 research
Holographic models and their limits
Introduce gauge-gravity duality through explicit conjectured correspondences and controlled calculations, keeping model results distinct from established descriptions of our universe.
- 01
Large-N factorization and the planar expansion
Track color topology and operator normalization before interpreting weak bulk interactions.
35 min - 02
Anti-de Sitter geometry and its conformal boundary
Keep curvature, patch coordinates and the boundary conformal class distinct.
35 min - 03
The AdS/CFT dictionary and its parameter regimes
Separate an exact duality conjecture from classical, string-curvature and quantum approximations.
35 min - 04
Bulk scalar mass and boundary scaling dimension
Derive the near-boundary indicial roots and distinguish stability from a choice of quantization.
35 min - 05
Boundary correlators from bulk actions
Use a source convention, a saddle and the correct functional derivatives to define the calculation.
35 min - 06
Holographic renormalization and counterterms
Remove cutoff divergences through local boundary terms while preserving the distinction between scheme and dynamics.
35 min - 07
Black-brane thermodynamics and field-theory temperature
Read an uncharged planar Einstein saddle in a fixed ensemble and verify its thermodynamic identities.
35 min - 08
Holographic transport and Kubo calculations
Connect retarded response to horizon conditions while limiting the scope of the Einstein viscosity result.
35 min - 09
Ryu–Takayanagi entropy in semiclassical models
Track the surface, homology and saddle assumptions behind classical and quantum entropy formulas.
35 min - 10
Bulk reconstruction and quantum error correction questions
Explain redundant logical reconstruction within a code subspace without claiming independent copies or unrestricted information access.
35 min