Non-perturbative Aspects of Quantum Field Theories from Holography

Abstract

In this thesis we investigate some aspects of quantum field theories from a holographic perspective. In the first chapters we examine in detail a one-paremeter family of three-dimensional gauge theories by means of their type IIA gravity duals. We analyse features such as their confinement nature, spectrum, entanglement properties or thermal phase transitions. This family interpolates between quasi-conformal and quasi-confining physics. In the last two chapters, we use bottom-up models to study complex conformal field theories and transport properties of dense QCD respectively.

arXiv comment189 pages, 45 pages. PhD thesis. Based on arXiv:1702.05988, arXiv:1810.04656, arXiv:2002.08279, arXiv:2010.09392, arXiv:1909.04008 and arXiv:2005.14205

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