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Vector Models in the Singlet Sector at Finite Temperature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-09-19 v1

Abstract

We study the thermal properties of the O(N) vector-like scalar theory in the singlet sector in 2+1 dimensions. This theory is conjectured to be the AdS/CFT dual of Vasiliev higher spin gravity. We find that a large N transition occurs but only at a very high temperature of order \sqrt{N}. This corresponds to the bulk Planck energy. The transition signals a decrease in the number of degrees of freedom from that expected in the simple higher spin gas, due to relations among the O(N) bilinear invariants.

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@article{arxiv.1109.3519,
  title  = {Vector Models in the Singlet Sector at Finite Temperature},
  author = {Stephen H. Shenker and Xi Yin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3519},
  year   = {2011}
}

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18 pages

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