RESEARCH THEME: Using the AdS/CFT correspondence to study de Sitter space and Inflation driven at strong coupling.
 
SUBJECT AND NATURE OF PROPOSED WORK: The AdS/CFT correspondence give a new perspective both at strong coupling physics of quantum field theory and the nature of the gravitational interaction. This thesis will deal with  understanding the physics of de Sitter space and its famous problems, namely its realization, the divergences of correlation functions and the backreaction of quantum field theories.
It will also study inflation as a departure from de Sitter and its realization in strongly coupled
Inflaton theories and its  cosmological consequences.