Studying AdS/CFT: Advice for Beginners with No CFT/SUSY Background

[pinu]

I am studying Witten's papers on AdS/CFT. But I don't have any CFT or SUSY background. Can anyone suggest me some lecture notes or books where I can have illustrative ideas on Ads/CFT correspondence? I do have Nastase's notes.It is really good but too short for introduction!

 

[atyy]

I've been slowly trying to learn about this too. Two sets of notes that seem friendlier to me are McGreevy's and Sundrum's.

 

[pinu]

Thank you very much..! It seems really very useful for me.

 

[haushofer]

You could try the latest edition of Zwiebach's book on String Theory. That contains a section on AdS/CFT.