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A Non-Supersymmetric Large-N 3D CFT And Its Gravity Dual
Adi Armoni, Asad Naqvi
We propose a three dimensional non-supersymmetric theory that is conformal in the large N limit. In a certain well defined bosonic sub-sector of gauge invariant operators, this the…
Statistical Predictions From Anarchic Field Theory Landscapes
Vijay Balasubramanian, Jan de Boer, Asad Naqvi
Consistent coupling of effective field theories with a quantum theory of gravity appears to require bounds on the the rank of the gauge group and the amount of matter. We consider…
N=4 SYM on S^3 with Near Critical Chemical Potentials
Timothy J. Hollowood, S. Prem Kumar, Asad Naqvi +1
We study the N = 4 theory at weak coupling, on a three sphere in the grand canonical ensemble with R symmetry chemical potentials. We focus attention on near critical values for th…
Giants and loops in beta-deformed theories
Emiliano Imeroni, Asad Naqvi
We study extended objects in the gravity dual of the N=1 beta-deformation of N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory. We identify probe brane configurations corresponding to giant gravitons an…
Phase Transitions of Orientifold Gauge Theories at Large N in Finite Volume
Timothy J. Hollowood, Asad Naqvi
In this paper we consider the phase structure of ``orientifold'' gauge theories--obtained from unitary supersymmetric gauge theories by replacing adjoint Majorana fermions by Dirac…
Instabilities of the Small Black Hole: a view from N=4 SYM
Timothy Hollowood, S. Prem Kumar, Asad Naqvi
We compute a one-loop effective action for the constant modes of the scalars and the Polyakov loop matrix of N=4 SYM on S^3 at finite temperature and weak 't Hooft coupling. Above…