K. L. Zarembo, “Strong-coupling phases of planar <nobr>$\mathcal{N}=2^*$</nobr> super-Yang–Mills theory”, TMF, 2014, Volume 181, Number 3,Pages <nobr>464

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Strong-coupling phases of planar $\mathcal{N}=2^*$ super-Yang–Mills theory

K. L. Zarembo^abcde

^a Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
^b Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
^c Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
^d NORDITA, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm, Sweden
^e Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract: The $\mathcal{N}=2^*$ theory (mass deformation of the $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang–Mills theory) undergoes an infinite number of quantum phase transitions in the large-$N$ limit. The phase structure and critical behavior can be analyzed using supersymmetric localization, which reduces the problem to an effective matrix model. We study this model in the strong-coupling phase.

Keywords: supersymmetry, matrix model, $1/N$-expansion.

Received: 06.07.2014

DOI: 10.4213/tmf8765