Holography at work for nuclear and hadron physics

TL;DR

This review introduces holographic QCD to non-experts, highlighting its key achievements in nuclear and hadron physics through bottom-up and top-down models, emphasizing practical results and calculations.

Contribution

It provides accessible explanations of holographic QCD and summarizes recent advances in nuclear and hadron physics using both bottom-up and top-down approaches.

Findings

Holographic models reproduce key features of nuclear physics.

Top-down models offer detailed calculational insights.

Bottom-up approaches provide practical tools for hadron physics.

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to provide basic ingredients of holographic QCD to non-experts in string theory and to summarize its interesting achievements in nuclear and hadron physics. We focus on results from a less stringy bottom-up approach and review a stringy top-down model with some calculational details.