VIII International Conference "Models in Quantum Field Theory"

A Brief History of the AdS/CFT Correspondence and the Holographic Approach to Strong Interactions

Oct 6, 2025, 11:40 AM

40m

Plenary talk Section A: Mathematical methods in QFT Plenary Session

Speaker

Sergey Afonin (Saint Petersburg State University)

Description

The talk will briefly cover the history of the emergence of the AdS/CFT correspondence (also called gauge-gravity or holographic duality) in string theory, as well as the subsequent application of the emerged ideas to the description of the phenomenology of non-perturbative strong interactions.

Presentation materials

MQFT2025.pdf