This book focuses on the study of different aspects
of the AdS/CFT
correspondence, the celebrated conjecture in string
theory that
relates gauge and gravity theories. It begins with a
detailed review of
the correspondence, with the main body of work being
split into two
chapters. The first chapter concerns the evaluation
of correlation
functions of BPS operators in the AdS/CFT
correspondence, as these
are useful to make indirect tests of the conjecture
and to uncover
dynamical features pertaining to the theories in the
correspondence.
In particular we look at four-point functions in...