Maldacena: large-N superconformal field theories and supergravity

What changed

Proposed concrete CFT/string-theory dual descriptions in anti-de Sitter product geometries with parameter-regime arguments.

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.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. 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.

Contributors

• Juan M. Maldacena · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• arXiv record for Maldacena large-N paper
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