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Remarks on the thermodynamic stability of TT-bar deformations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-28 v2

Abstract

We point out that negative specific heat at high energies is a characteristic feature of many TT-bar deformations, both in the original d = 2 case and in d = 1 quantum mechanical cousins. This note is a contribution to the memorial volume in honor of P. G. O. Freund.

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@article{arxiv.2004.10138,
  title  = {Remarks on the thermodynamic stability of TT-bar deformations},
  author = {J. L. F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.10138},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

26 pages, one figure. Added discussion of non-compact CFTs and minor improvements