Renormalization Group Flows In The Deformed AdS/CFT Correspondence
arXiv:hep-th/0012097 · doi:10.1142/S0217751X01004657
Abstract
In the AdS/CFT correspondence motion in the radial direction of the AdS space is identified with renormalization group flow in the field theory. For the N=4 Yang-Mills theory this motion is trivial. More interesting examples of renormalization group flow occur when the N=4 theory is deformed. Aspects of the flows are discussed for the N=4 theory on its moduli space, and deformed to N=2 in the infra-red within the context of 5d SUGRA. 10d lifts and brane probing are crucial tools for linking the spacetime backgrounds to the dual field theory.
7 pages, 2 fig, presented at the 2nd Conference on the Exact RG, Rome 2000, refs added