Phase space and phase transitions in the Penner matrix model with negative coupling constant

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA5D7EzbMATH Open1362.81075arXiv1702.07230OpenAlexW3216360369MaRDI QIDQ2978950FDOQ2978950

Authors: Gabriel Álvarez, Elena Medina, Luis Martínez Alonso 

Publication date: 2 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The partition function of the Penner matrix model for both positive and negative values of the coupling constant can be explicitly written in terms of the Barnes G function. In this paper we show that for negative values of the coupling constant this partition function can also be represented as the product of an holomorphic matrix integral by a nontrivial oscillatory function of n. We show that the planar limit of the free energy with 't Hooft sequences does not exist. Therefore we use a certain modification that uses Kuijlaars-McLaughlin sequences instead of 't Hooft sequences and leads to a well-defined planar free energy and to an associated two-dimensional phase space. We describe the different configurations of complex saddle points of the holomorphic matrix integral both to the left and to the right of the critical point, and interpret the phase transitions in terms of processes of gap closing, eigenvalue tunneling, and Bose condensation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.07230

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zbMATH Keywords

random matrix theorygap closing phase transitionsnon-Hermitian Penner model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

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