Archive for October 13th, 2006

Backreaction on AdS/CFT

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Backreaction has a long post on applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence in heavy ion physics. The topic is interesting because it is a potential experimental prediction derived from string theory. Interestingly, it doesn’t involve string theory as a theory of everything; instead it uses string theory ideas to make calculations about quark-gluon plasma.