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An Index for 4 dimensional Super Conformal Theories
Justin Kinney, Juan Maldacena, Shiraz Minwalla +1
We present a trace formula for an index over the spectrum of four dimensional superconformal field theories on time. Our index receives contributions from states inva…
The Phase Structure of Low Dimensional Large N Gauge Theories on Tori
Ofer Aharony, Joseph Marsano, Shiraz Minwalla +3
In this paper we continue our study of the thermodynamics of large N gauge theories on compact spaces. We consider toroidal compactifications of pure SU(N) Yang-Mills theories and…
Plasma-balls in large N gauge theories and localized black holes
Ofer Aharony, Shiraz Minwalla, Toby Wiseman
We argue for the existence of plasma-balls - meta-stable, nearly homogeneous lumps of gluon plasma at just above the deconfinement energy density - in a class of large N confining…
A first order deconfinement transition in large N Yang-Mills theory on a small 3-sphere
Ofer Aharony, Joseph Marsano, Shiraz Minwalla +2
We give an analytic demonstration that the 3+1 dimensional large N SU(N) pure Yang-Mills theory, compactified on a small 3-sphere so that the coupling constant at the compactificat…