Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2011-03-08
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
28 pages (+ 17 pages of appendix + 6 pages of ref.); 8 figures; (v2) LaTeX Showkeys command deleted; (v3) refs and minor clari
Scientific paper
We consider two-dimensional large N gauge theory with D adjoint scalars on a torus, which is obtained from a D+2 dimensional pure Yang-Mills theory on T^{D+2} with D small radii. The two dimensional model has various phases characterized by the holonomy of the gauge field around non-contractible cycles of the 2-torus. We determine the phase boundaries and derive the order of the phase transitions using a method, developed in an earlier work (arxiv:0910.4526), which is nonperturbative in the 'tHooft coupling and uses a 1/D expansion. We embed our phase diagram in the more extensive phase structure of the D+2 dimensional Yang-Mills theory and match with the picture of a cascade of phase transitions found earlier in lattice calculations (arxiv:0710.0098). We also propose a dual gravity system based on a Scherk-Schwarz compactification of a D2 brane wrapped on a 3-torus and find a phase structure which is similar to the phase diagram found in the gauge theory calculation.
Mandal Gautam
Morita Takeshi
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