The Hagedorn Transition, Deconfinement and N=4 SYM Theory

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1999-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9908001v3

Nucl.Phys.B573:349-363,2000

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

15 pages, LaTeX; References and typos in equations corrected, e.g. z -> zeta in some intermediate expressions. Discussion of s

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00044-4

N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory supplies us with a non-Abelian 4D gauge theory with a meaningful perturbation expansion, both in the UV and in the IR. We calculate the free energy on a 3-sphere and observe a deconfinement transition for large N at zero coupling. The same thermodynamic behaviour is found for a wide class of toy models, possibly also including the case of non-zero coupling. Below the transition we also find Hagedorn behaviour, which is identified with fluctuations signalling the approach to the deconfined phase. The Hagedorn and the deconfinement temperatures are identical. Application of the AdS/CFT correspondence gives a connection between string Hagedorn behaviour and black holes.

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