Chiral transition of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory with flavor on a 3-sphere

Journal Article · Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.74.085033· OSTI ID:20871461

Karch, Andreas; O'Bannon, Andy ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560 (United States)

We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to perform a numerical study of a phase transition in strongly-coupled large-N{sub c} N=4 Super-Yang-Mills theory on a 3-sphere coupled to a finite number N{sub f} of massive N=2 hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation of the gauge group. The gravity dual system is a number N{sub f} of probe D7-branes embedded in AdS{sub 5}xS{sup 5}. We draw the phase diagram for this theory in the plane of hypermultiplet mass versus temperature and identify for temperatures above the Hawking-Page deconfinement temperature a first-order phase transition line across which the chiral condensate jumps discontinuously.

• OSTI ID: 20871461
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.085033; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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