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NGN, QCD_2 and chiral phase transition from string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v4

Abstract

We construct a D2-D8-D8ˉ\bar{D8} configuration in string theory, it can be described at low energy by two dimensional field theory. In the weak coupling region, the low energy theory is a nonlocal generalization of Gross-Neveu(GN) model which dynamically breaks the chiral flavor symmetry U(Nf)L×U(Nf)RU(N_f)_L \times U(N_f)_R at large NcN_c and finite NfN_f. However, in the strong coupling region, we can use the SUGRA/Born-Infeld approximation to describe the low energy dynamics of the system. Also, we analyze the low energy dynamics about the configuration of wrapping the one direction of D2 brane on a circle with anti-periodic boundary condition of fermions. The fermions and scalars on D2 branes get mass and decouple from the low energy theory. The IR dynamics is described by the QCD2QCD_2 at weak coupling. In the opposite region, the dynamics has a holographic dual description. And we have discussed the phase transition of chiral symmetry breaking at finite temperature. Finally, after performing T-duality, this configuration is related to some other brane configurations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0605138,
  title  = {NGN, QCD_2 and chiral phase transition from string theory},
  author = {Yi-hong Gao and Weishui Xu and Ding-fang Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0605138},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

30 pages, 3 figures, minor changes

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