Remarks on phase transitions in matrix models and N=1 supersymmetric gauge theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2003.10.098zbMATH Open1246.81124arXivhep-th/0309049OpenAlexW2083494384MaRDI QIDQ447017FDOQ447017

Shun'ya Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Fuji

Publication date: 9 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A hermitian one-matrix model with an even quartic potential exhibits a third-order phase transition when the cuts of the matrix model curve coalesce. We use the known solutions of this matrix model to compute effective superpotentials of an N=1, SU(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory coupled to an adjoint superfield, following the techniques developed by Dijkgraaf and Vafa. These solutions automatically satisfy the quantum tracelessness condition and describe a breaking to SU(N/2) x SU(N/2) x U(1). We show that the value of the effective superpotential is smooth at the transition point, and that the two-cut (broken) phase is more favored than the one-cut (unbroken) phase below the critical scale. The U(1) coupling constant diverges due to the massless monopole, thereby demonstrating Ferrari's general formula. We also briefly discuss the implication of the Painleve II equation arising in the double scaling limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0309049

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsmatrix models\(\mathcal N=1\) supersymmetric gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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• Phase transitions for deformations of JT supergravity and matrix models
• Konishi anomaly and \(N=1\) effective superpotentials from the matrix models

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