Large representation recurrences in large N random unitary matrix models

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2011)066zbMATH Open1303.81170arXiv1108.2712OpenAlexW3099259189MaRDI QIDQ489580FDOQ489580

Authors: Joanna L. Karczmarek, G. W. Semenoff 

Publication date: 20 January 2015

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a random unitary matrix model at large N, we study the properties of the expectation value of the character of the unitary matrix in the rank k symmetric tensor representation. We address the problem of whether the standard semiclassical technique for solving the model in the large N limit can be applied when the representation is very large, with k of order N. We find that the eigenvalues do indeed localize on an extremum of the effective potential; however, for finite but sufficiently large k/N, it is not possible to replace the discrete eigenvalue density with a continuous one. Nonetheless, the expectation value of the character has a well-defined large N limit, and when the discreteness of the eigenvalues is properly accounted for, it shows an intriguing approximate periodicity as a function of k/N.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2712

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zbMATH Keywords

AdS-CFT correspondenceholography and quark-gluon plasmaslattice gauge field theoriesmatrix models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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• Unitary matrix models and random partitions: universality and multi-criticality
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