Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2008-12-17
JHEP 0903:153,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
31 pages + appendices, 13 figures; v2: added comments in sections 3.4 and 4.2, small changes in section 5.2, typos corrected i
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/153
We present a fully backreacted D3-D7 supergravity solution dual to the Klebanov-Strassler cascading gauge theory coupled to a large number of massive dynamical flavors in the Veneziano limit. The mass of the flavors can be larger or smaller than the dynamically generated scale. The solution is always regular at the origin of the radial coordinate and as such it can be suitably employed to explore the rich IR physics of the dual gauge theory. In this paper we focus on the static quark-antiquark potential, the screening of chromoelectric charges induced by the dynamical flavors, the flux tube breaking and the mass spectrum of the first mesonic excitations. Moreover, we discuss the occurrence of quantum phase transitions in the connected part of the static quark-antiquark potential. Depending on the ratio of certain parameters, like the flavor mass, with respect to some critical values, we find a discontinuous (first order) or smooth transition from a Coulomb-like to a linear phase. We evaluate the related critical exponents finding that they take classical mean-field values and argue that this is a universal feature of analogous first order transitions occurring in the static potential for planar gauge theories having a dual supergravity description.
Bigazzi Francesco
Cotrone Aldo L.
Paredes Angel
Ramallo Alfonso V.
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