Thermal N = 4 SYM theory as a 2D Coulomb gas
| dc.creator | Hartnoll, Sean A. | |
| dc.creator | Kumar, S. Prem | |
| dc.date | 2006-10-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:27:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:27:55Z | |
| dc.description | We consider N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with SU(N) gauge group at large N and at finite temperature on a spatial S^3. We show that, at finite weak 't Hooft coupling, the theory is naturally described as a two dimensional Coulomb gas of complex eigenvalues of the Polyakov-Maldacena loop, valued on the cylinder. In the low temperature confined phase the eigenvalues condense onto a strip encircling the cylinder, while the high temperature deconfined phase is characterised by an ellipsoidal droplet of eigenvalues. | |
| dc.description | 1+10 pages. 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610103 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610103 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.D76:026005,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.026005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196285 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Thermal N = 4 SYM theory as a 2D Coulomb gas | |
| dc.type | text |