Heavy-Ion Collisions and Black Holes in Anti-de-Sitter Space

Abstract

Recent developments linking non-perturbative quantum gauge theories in Minkowski space to classical gravity theories in anti-de-Sitter space are reviewed at a simple level. It is suggested how these spectacular advances may be extended to discuss the quark-gluon phase transition in terms of black holes in anti-de-Sitter space, with possible relevance to heavy-ion collisions.

Comments: 18 pages LaTeX using aipproc.sty (included), 8 eps figures, Invited talk given at `RHIC Physics and beyond - Kay Kay Gee Day', BNL, October 23rd, 1998