Abstract
We study the thermodynamics of the confined and unconfined phases of N = 4 Yang-Mills in finite volume and at large N using the AdS/CFT correspondence. We discuss the necessary conditions for a smooth phase crossover and obtain an N-dependent curve for the phase boundary
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 271-276 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physics Letters B |
| Volume | 483 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15-Jun-2000 |
Keywords
- FIELD-THEORIES
- BLACK-HOLES
- THERMODYNAMICS
- HOLOGRAPHY
- SPACE