From Black Holes to Pomeron: Tensor Glueball and Pomeron Intercept at Strong Coupling

Abstract

We briefly review the approach for strong coupling calculation of glueball masses based on the duality between supergravity and Yang-Mills theory. Earlier work is extended to non-zero spin. Fluctuations in the gravitational metric lead to the $2^{++}$ tensor glueball state on the leading Pomeron trajectory with a mass relation: $m(0^{++})<m(2^{++})$. In particular, for $QC{D}_4$, a strong coupling expansion for the Pomeron intercept is obtained.

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