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QCD, strings and emergent space

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This is an account of how attempts to derive string theory from QCD led to contemporary ideas about emergent space and holography.

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  1. A couple of disclaimers. First, this is not a historical account. Accordingly, the developments reviewed below are not presented in chronological order. Second, for the most part, I have cited review articles or books rather than the original papers.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Bindu Bambah for organizing this conference and bringing out a centennial volume. I am honored to make this contribution to this volume. I would also like to thank my many collaborators over the years in areas related to the subject of this article: Avinash Dhar, Antal Jevicki, John Kogut, Gautam Mandal, Samir Mathur, Sandip Trivedi and Spenta Wadia. This work was partially supported by a National Science Foundation grant NSF/PHY-2111673 and the Jack and Linda Gill Foundation.

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Das, S.R. QCD, strings and emergent space. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 231, 73–82 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00361-0

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