Holographic Prediction for the Deconfinement Temperature

Journal Article · Fri Mar 02 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.091601· OSTI ID:20957693

Herzog, Christopher P ^[1]

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

We argue that deconfinement in anti-de Sitter space models of quantum chromodynamics (AdS/QCD models) occurs via a first order Hawking-Page type phase transition between low temperature thermal AdS and a high temperature black hole. Such a result is consistent with the expected temperature independence, to leading order in 1/N{sub c}, of the meson spectrum and spatial Wilson loops below the deconfinement temperature. As a by-product, we obtain model dependent deconfinement temperatures T{sub c} in the hard- and soft-wall models of AdS/QCD. Our result for T{sub c} in the soft-wall model is close to a recent lattice prediction.

• OSTI ID: 20957693
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 98; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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