QCD and String Theory

2006, July 2-14

Monday, July 03 18:00h Critical solitons   M. Shifman Tuesday, July 04 11:30h AdS/CFT duality and integrability. Towards the spectrum of N=$ SYM.   R. Roiban 18:00h Different images of integrability in gauge theories   A. Gorsky Wednesday, July 05 11:30h Solving some gauge systems at infinite N   J. Wosiek 18:00h Large N phase transitions in QCD Wilson loops   H. Neuberger Thursday, July 06 11:30h Vacuum defects in lattice YM as a dual string   V. Zakharov 16:00h Gauge invariance and SYM theory   F. Ferrari 18:00h Non-Abelian monopoles from vortex moduli: confinement   K. Konishi Friday, July 07 11:30h Integrability in gauge theories and beyond   G. Korchemski 16:00h Discussion session: Integrability in gauge theories   Discussion leader; N. Dorey 18:00h From twistors to amplitudes   A. Brandhuber Monday, July 10 11:30h Pomeron and gauge-string correspondence I   M. Strassler 16:00h Pomeron and gauge-string correspondence II   R. Brower 18:00h Chiral symmetry restoration for highly excited states   A. Vainshtein Tuesday, July 11 11:30h Holographic fundamental phase transitions   D. Mateos 18:00h Strongly coupled Quark-Gluon plasma: AdS/CFT versus experiment   E. Shuryak Wednesday, July 12 11:30h Non-conformal gauge theory plasma in string theory   A. Buchel 18:00h Impact of AdS/CFT on QCD   S. Brodsky Thursday, July 13 11:30h Magnon bound states and the AdS/CFT correspondence   N. Dorey 18:00h Cold dense N=4 and black holes   T. Hollowood