8.821 | Fall 2008 | Graduate

String Theory

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Lecture 25: Thermal aspects of N = 4 SYM

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Lecture notes on AdS black holes, thermal gauge theory, the Polyakov-Susskind loop, screening, quasinormal modes, and Hawking-page transition.

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Lecture 25: Thermal aspects of N = 4 SYM

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