Non-local observables at finite temperature in AdS/CFT

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Within gauge/gravity duality, we consider the AdS-Schwarzschild metric in arbitrary dimensions.

• We obtain analytical closed-form results for the two-point function, Wilson loop and entanglement entropy for strip geometries in the finite-temperature field-theory dual.
• According to the duality, these are given by the area of minimal surfaces of different dimension in the gravity background.
• Our analytical results involve generalised hypergeometric functions.