Signals of a new phase in N=2 gauge theory with a magnetic field on the three-sphere

Suphakorn, Chunlen; Peeters, Kasper; Vanichchapongjaroen, Pichet; Zamaklar, Marija

Abstract

We study the effect of a magnetic field on N = 2 super-Yang-Mills on S 3 at strong coupling using the gauge/gravity correspondence. As in previous work that dealt with the theory in infinite volume, we find that increasing the magnetic field pushes the system into the confined phase. However, we in addition also find that, within the class of configurations with the same symmetry as those which describe the ground state at vanishing magnetic field, a mass gap appears in the spectrum. This suggests the existence of a new phase with so far unexplored symmetry structure. We provide suggestions for the physical properties of this phase.

Citation

Suphakorn, C., Peeters, K., Vanichchapongjaroen, P., & Zamaklar, M. (2014). Signals of a new phase in N=2 gauge theory with a magnetic field on the three-sphere. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282014%29058

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 14, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Sep 10, 2014
• Publication Date: Sep 10, 2014
• Deposit Date: Oct 24, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 24, 2014
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2014
• Issue: 9
• Article Number: 58
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282014%29058
• Keywords: Gauge-gravity correspondence, AdS-CFT Correspondence.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1451699