String models in AdS/CFT: perturbation theory and beyond
Dr. Valentina Forini (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin)

String sigma-models relevant in the string/gauge duality, or AdS/CFT, are highly non-trivial two-dimensional field theories.
I will discuss how the cross-fertilization of established field-theretical tools to strings can be used to enhance our knowledge on them, and thus the predictivity of the duality.