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Maldacena: large-N superconformal field theories and supergravity

Proposed dual descriptions connecting large-N limits of specified conformal field theories to string or supergravity theories on anti-de Sitter product geometries under the stated decoupling and parameter regimes.

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Proposed dual descriptions connecting large-N limits of specified conformal field theories to string or supergravity theories on anti-de Sitter product geometries under the stated decoupling and parameter regimes.

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The record is Maldacena's sole-author 1998 journal paper, first posted in 1997. It is a conjectural duality framework with stated large-N and coupling regimes; Witten's dictionary, later tests and the wider holography program remain separate.

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Juan M. Maldacena

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Maldacena: large-N superconformal field theories and supergravity

Proposed dual descriptions connecting large-N limits of specified conformal field theories to string or supergravity theories on anti-de Sitter product geometries under the stated decoupling and parameter regimes.

Scientific scope

The record is Maldacena's sole-author 1998 journal paper, first posted in 1997. It is a conjectural duality framework with stated large-N and coupling regimes; Witten's dictionary, later tests and the wider holography program remain separate.

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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.

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Juan M. Maldacena

The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.

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