nLab Igor Klebanov

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Selected writings

Inclusion of heavy flavors (strange quarks/kaons, etc.) into the Skyrme model:

• Curtis Callan, Igor Klebanov, Bound-state approach to strangeness in the Skyrme model, Nuclear Physics B Volume 262, Issue 2, 16 December 1985, Pages 365-382 (doi10.1016/0550-3213(85)90292-5)

• Curtis Callan, K. Hornbostel, Igor Klebanov, Baryon masses in the bound state approach to strangeness in the skyrme model, Physics Letters B Volume 202, Issue 2, 3 March 1988, Pages 269-275 (doi10.1016/0370-2693(88)90022-6)

On black holes in string theory via the BFSS matrix model:

• Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Igor Klebanov, Leonard Susskind, Schwarzschild Black Holes from Matrix Theory, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80:226-229 (1998) [arXiv:hep-th/9709091]

• Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Igor Klebanov, Leonard Susskind, Schwarzchild Black Holes in Matrix Theory II, JHEP 9801:008 (1998) [arXiv:hep-th/9711005]

• Igor Klebanov, Leonard Susskind, Schwarzschild Black Holes in Various Dimensions from Matrix Theory, Phys.Lett.B416:62-66 (1998) [arXiv:hep-th/9709108]

Introducing the dictionary of the AdS-CFT correspondence:

• Steven Gubser, Igor Klebanov, Alexander Polyakov, Gauge theory correlators from non-critical string theory, Physics Letters B 428 105-114 (1998) [hep-th/9802109, doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00377-3]

“Relations between gauge fields and strings present an old, fascinating and unanswered question. The full answer to this question is of great importance for theoretical physics. It will provide us with a theory of quark confinement by explaining the dynamics of color-electric fluxes.”

On D-branes in type 0 string theory:

• Igor Klebanov, Arkady A. Tseytlin: D-Branes and Dual Gauge Theories in Type 0 String Theory, Nucl. Phys. B 546 (1999) 155-181 [arXiv:hep-th/9811035, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00041-3]

• Igor R. Klebanov, Arkady A. Tseytlin: A Non-supersymmetric Large $N$ CFT from Type 0 String Theory, JHEP 9903:015 (1999) [arXiv:hep-th/9901101, doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/03/015]

  (in relation to AdS/CFT duality)

On the pp-wave spacetime Penrose limit of the AdS5-CFT4 correspondence:

• N. Itzhaki, Igor Klebanov, Sunil Mukhi, PP Wave Limit and Enhanced Supersymmetry in Gauge Theories, JHEP 0203 (2002) 048 (arXiv:hep-th/0202153)

On single trace operators in the AdS/CFT correspondence:

• Steven Gubser, Igor Klebanov, Alexander Polyakov, A semi-classical limit of the gauge/string correspondence, Nucl. Phys. B 636 (2002) 99-114 [arXiv:hep-th/0204051, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00373-5]

On double trace operators in AdS/CFT:

• Steven Gubser, Igor Klebanov, A universal result on central charges in the presence of double-trace deformations, Nucl. Phys. B656 (2003) 23-36 (arXiv:hep-th/0212138)

On AdS/CFT duality:

• Christopher P. Herzog, Igor R. Klebanov: AdS/CFT Correspondence, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, Academic Press (2006) 174-183 [doi:10.1016/B0-12-512666-2/00245-5, pdf]

On the confinement/mass gap-problem in holographic QCD:

• Igor Klebanov, Remarks on Color Confinement, talk at Strings 2021 (pdf, video)

• Igor Klebanov, first part of Strong Interactions, Confinement, and Strings, APCTP Colloquium talk (Sep 2025) [video:YT]

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