Large N Strong/Weak Coupling Phase Transition and the Correspondence Principle
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چکیده
We argue that the large N strong/weak phase transition is a generic phenomenon in a finite temperature supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory of maximal supersymmetry. N = 4, D = 4 SYM is the canonical example, where we also argue that the large N HawkingPage phase transition disappears for a sufficiently small coupling. The Hawking-Page transition temperature is lowered by the first α′ correction. Physically, the strong/weak phase transition is identified with the correspondence point of Horowitz and Polchinski. We also try to construct toy models to demonstrate the large N phase transitions, with limited success.
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