Physics and Nanosciences - Aspects of Wilson loops in various dimensions

  • What it is

    Mobility experience with a research focus

  • Who it’s for

    Master students involved in the final research; PhD sandwich; Post Doc

Department

Department of Physics, Informatics and Mathematics

Main research activities/topics/projects

Title: Aspects of Wilson loops in various dimensions

Tutor: Diego Trancanelli

Abstract: Gauge theories describe fundamental interactions at the microscopic scale. They most efficiently apply whenever the interaction strengths are small enough, but interesting phenomena emerge from collective behavior of strongly correlated microscopic degrees of freedom, a challenge for analytical predictions of quantum effects. This project will be concerned with the interplay between strongly coupled gauge theories and their dual holographic description within the Anti de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence. This will be achieved by considering Wilson loops, an important class of physical observables at the crossroads of the correspondence.

Collaborations: N. Drukker (King’s College London), L. Griguolo (Parma), S. Penati (Bicocca), D. Seminara (Firenze)

Duration in months (min-max)

Master Research: 3-12

PhD sandwich: 3-12

Post Doc: 3-12

Contacts

Main scientific contact person

Diego Trancanelli

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Other scientific contact persons of the same group

Olindo Corradini

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