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Black Holes and the SYM Phase Diagram

arXiv:hep-th/9809061 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.044035

Abstract

Making combined use of the Matrix and Maldacena conjectures, the relation between various thermodynamic transitions in super Yang-Mills (SYM) and supergravity is clarified. The thermodynamic phase diagram of an object in DLCQ M-theory in four and five non-compact space dimensions is constructed; matrix strings, matrix black holes, and black -branes are among the various phases. Critical manifolds are characterized by the principles of correspondence and longitudinal localization, and a triple point is identified. The microscopic dynamics of the Matrix string near two of the transitions is studied; we identify a signature of black hole formation from SYM physics.

36 pages, latex; 6 eps figures

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