String/gauge theory duality and QCD

弦理论和规范理论之间的联系每年都变得越来越明显。自AdS/ CFT对应关系在不到10年前被发现以来，人们一直在不断探索它。这种对应关系将弦理论与杨-米尔斯理论的共形N=4超对称版本联系起来。PI计划从场论的角度来理解弦是如何从平面图形的求和中产生的。PI计划将光锥规中的开弦平面图相加。如果他在N=4超级杨-米尔斯理论的努力中取得成功，他将尝试使用类似的技术来研究更现实的强相互作用模型，如大N量子cd和最终的量子cd本身。更广泛的影响是，PI将参与普渡大学QuarkNet中心，培训高中教师了解当前物理学的研究思路。他还将在廷德利速成学校（Tindley Accelerated School）讲课，该校的学生主要是少数族裔。这项研究如果成功的话，将阐明弦理论与强相互作用理论- qcd之间的有趣联系。

The connections between string theory and gauge theory are becoming more evident each year. There have been continued explorations of the AdS/ CFT correspondence since its discovery a little less than 10 years ago. This correspondence relates String Theory to Conformal N=4 Supersymmetric Versions of Yang-Mills Theories. The PI proposes to understand from the field theory side how strings emerge from summing planar diagrams. The PI plans to sum open string planar diagrams in the light cone gauge. If he is successful in this endeavor for the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory he will try to use similar techniques to more realistic models of strong interactions such as large-N QCD and finally QCD itself. The broader impacts are that the PI will participate in the QuarkNet Center at Purdue in training high school teachers on current research ideas in physics. He will also give lectures at the Tindley Accelerated School which has a mostly minority student population. This research, if successful will elucidate the intriguing connection between String theory and the theory of strong interactions-QCD.