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Centre for Particle Theory Colloquia: String methods for strongly coupled particle physics

Presented by Kasper Peeters, ITP, Utrecht

30 January 2007 11:00 in CLC 202

Ideas about a duality between gauge fields and strings have been
around for many decades. During the last ten years, these ideas have
taken a much more concrete mathematical form. String descriptions of
the strongly coupled dynamics of semi-realistic gauge theories,
exhibiting confinement and chiral symmetry breaking, are now
available. These provide remarkably simple ways to compute properties
of the observed strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma phase, and also
shed new light on various phenomenological models of hadron
fragmentation. I will present a review and highlight some exciting
recent developments.

Contact d.g.cerdeno@durham.ac.uk or p.e.dorey@durham.ac.uk for more information

Coffee and biscuits at 15:30 in CM 211 (Maths Coffee Room).