On the phase structure of commuting matrix models

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Abstract: We perform a systematic study of commutative SO(p) invariant matrix models with quadratic and quartic potentials in the large N limit. We find that the physics of these systems depends crucially on the number of matrices with a critical r^ole played by p=4. For pleq4 the system undergoes a phase transition accompanied by a topology change transition. For p>4 the system is always in the topologically non-trivial phase and the eigenvalue distribution is a Dirac delta function spherical shell. We verify our analytic work with Monte Carlo simulations.









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