Introduction to Gauge/Gravity Duality

TL;DR

This paper introduces gauge/gravity duality, explaining the fundamental concepts with a focus on $AdS_5 imes S^5$ and exploring methods to generate duals with reduced symmetry.

Contribution

It provides an accessible introduction to gauge/gravity duality and surveys various techniques to construct duals with less symmetry than the standard models.

Findings

Clarifies the basics of gauge/gravity duality

Surveys methods for generating duals with reduced symmetry

Focuses on $AdS_5 imes S^5$ background

Abstract

These lectures are an introduction to gauge/gravity duality, presented at TASI 2010. The first three sections present the basics, focusing on $AdS_5 \times S^5$. The last section surveys a variety of ways to generate duals of reduced symmetry.