Confinement/deconfinement transition of large N gauge theories with N_f fundamentals: N_f/N finite

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.06.057zbMATH Open1213.81176arXivhep-th/0402219OpenAlexW1931183962MaRDI QIDQ874189FDOQ874189

Authors: Howard J. Schnitzer 

Publication date: 5 April 2007

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

Abstract: We consider large N zero-coupling d-dimensional U(N) gauge theories, with N_f matter fields in the fundamental representation on a compact spatial manifold S^{d-1} x time, with N_f/N finite. The Gauss' law constraint induces interactions among the fields, in spite of the zero-coupling. This class of theories undergo a 3rd order deconfinement phase transition at a temperature T_c proportional to the inverse length scale of the compact manifold. The low-temperature phase has a free-energy of {cal O} (N^2_f), interpreted as that of a gas of (color singlet) mesons and glueballs. The high-temperature (deconfinement) phase has a free energy of order N^2 f (N_f/N, T), which is interpreted as that of a gas of gluons and of fundamental and anti-fundamental matter states. This suggests the existence of a dual string theory, and a transition to a black hole at high temperature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0402219

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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