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Thermodynamics of a field theory with infrared fixed point from gauge/gravity duality

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-04-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We use gauge/gravity duality to study the thermodynamics of a field theory with asymptotic freedom in the ultraviolet and a fixed point in the infrared. We find a high temperature quark-gluon phase and a low T conformal unparticle phase. The phase transition between the phases is of first order or continuous, depending on the ratio of the radii of asymptotic AdS5 spaces at T=0 and T=infinity. This is a prediction from a model of gauge/gravity duality, not yet verified on the field theory side.

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@article{arxiv.0912.4128,
  title  = {Thermodynamics of a field theory with infrared fixed point from gauge/gravity duality},
  author = {J. Alanen and K. Kajantie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.4128},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures, references and comment on an alternative way of deriving the phase structure added