From QCD Flux Tubes to Gravitational S-matrix and Back

• Main Author: Gorbenko, Victor (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This thesis studies various aspects of non-critical strings both as an example of a non-trivial and solvable model of quantum gravity and as a consistent approximation to the confining flux tube in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It proposes and develops a new technique for calculating the finite volu...