Large N phase transitions in massive N = 2 gauge theories

Journal Article · Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891156· OSTI ID:22306066

Russo, J. G. ^[1]

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1. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluis Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain and Department ECM, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí Franquès, 1, 08028 Barce (Spain)

Using exact results obtained from localization on S{sup 4}, we explore the large N limit of N = 2 super Yang-Mills theories with massive matter multiplets. In this talk we discuss two cases: N = 2* theory, describing a massive hypermultiplet in the adjoint representation, and super QCD with massive quarks. When the radius of the four-sphere is sent to infinity these theories are described by solvable matrix models, which exhibit a number of interesting phenomena including quantum phase transitions at finite 't Hooft coupling.

• OSTI ID: 22306066
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1606, Issue 1; Conference: 2. Russian-Spanish congress on particle and nuclear physics at all scales, astroparticle physics and cosmology, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), 1-4 Oct 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COUPLING
GAUGE INVARIANCE
MATRICES
MATTER
MULTIPLETS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARKS
YANG-MILLS THEORY