Dynamics of First Order Transitions with Gravity Duals
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-10-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
A first order phase transition usually proceeds by nucleating bubbles of the new phase which then rapidly expand. In confining gauge theories with a gravity dual, the deconfined phase is often described by a black hole. If one starts in this phase and lowers the temperature, the usual description of how the phase transition proceeds violates the area theorem. We study the dynamics of this phase transition using the insights from the dual gravitational description, and resolve this apparent contradiction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0701099,
title = {Dynamics of First Order Transitions with Gravity Duals},
author = {Gary T. Horowitz and Matthew M. Roberts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0701099},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
11 pages, 1 figure. v2: minor clarifications, reference added