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Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence

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4/22<br />

The <strong>AdS</strong> space. 2.<br />

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The global coordinates<br />

Y ¡1 cosh prq cos ptq, Y 0 cosh prq sin ptq,<br />

Y 1 sinh prq cos pφq, Y 2 sinh prq sin pφq<br />

ds 2 ¡ cosh prq 2 dt 2 dr 2 sinh prq 2 dφ 2 ,<br />

r P r0, 8q, t P p¡8, 8q, φ P r0, 2πq<br />

A conformal rescaling ds 2 cosh prq 2 d˜s 2<br />

and change of coordinates<br />

w 2 arctan pe r q ¡ π produces a metric<br />

2<br />

d˜s 2 ¡dt 2 dw 2 sin pwq 2 dφ 2 where<br />

w P r0, π 2 s ñ Disc

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