scholarly journals Crossing a large-N phase transition at finite volume

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yago Bea ◽  
Oscar J. C. Dias ◽  
Thanasis Giannakopoulos ◽  
David Mateos ◽  
Mikel Sanchez-Garitaonandia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Large N ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Spinodal Instability ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract The existence of phase-separated states is an essential feature of infinite-volume systems with a thermal, first-order phase transition. At energies between those at which the phase transition takes place, equilibrium homogeneous states are either metastable or suffer from a spinodal instability. In this range the stable states are inhomogeneous, phase-separated states. We use holography to investigate how this picture is modified at finite volume in a strongly coupled, four-dimensional gauge theory. We work in the planar limit, N → ∞, which ensures that we remain in the thermodynamic limit. We uncover a rich set of inhomogeneous states dual to lumpy black branes on the gravity side, as well as first- and second-order phase transitions between them. We establish their local (in)stability properties and show that fully non-linear time evolution in the bulk takes unstable states to stable ones.

scholarly journals $$ T\overline{T} $$-deformed 2D Yang-Mills at large N: collective field theory and phase transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gorsky ◽  
D. Pavshinkin ◽  
A. Tyutyakina
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
First Order ◽  
Large N ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract We consider the $$ T\overline{T} $$ T T ¯ deformation of 2d large N YM theory on a cylinder, sphere and disk. The collective field theory Hamiltonian for the deformed theory is derived and the particular solutions to the equations of motion of the collective theory are found for the sphere. The account of the non-perturbative branch of the solution amounts to the first-order phase transition at the (A, τ) plane. We analyze the third-order phase transition in the deformed theory on the disk and derive the critical area as a function of the boundary holonomy. A kind of Hagedorn behavior in the spectral density is discussed.

scholarly journals Dark confinement and chiral phase transitions: gravitational waves vs matter representations

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Reichert ◽  
Francesco Sannino ◽  
Zhi-Wei Wang ◽  
Chen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Coupled Models ◽  
Chiral Phase ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract We study the gravitational-wave signal stemming from strongly coupled models featuring both, dark chiral and confinement phase transitions. We therefore identify strongly coupled theories that can feature a first-order phase transition. Employing the Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, we focus our attention on SU(3) Yang-Mills theories featuring fermions in fundamental, adjoint, and two-index symmetric representations. We discover that for the gravitational-wave signals analysis, there are significant differences between the various representations. Interestingly we also observe that the two-index symmetric representation leads to the strongest first-order phase transition and therefore to a higher chance of being detected by the Big Bang Observer experiment. Our study of the confinement and chiral phase transitions is further applicable to extensions of the Standard Model featuring composite dynamics.

scholarly journals Gravitational wave signals of dark matter freeze-out

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Marfatia ◽  
Po-Yan Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Stochastic Background ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Relic Abundance ◽  
First Order Phase ◽  
Freeze Out

Abstract We study the stochastic background of gravitational waves which accompany the sudden freeze-out of dark matter triggered by a cosmological first order phase transition that endows dark matter with mass. We consider models that produce the measured dark matter relic abundance via (1) bubble filtering, and (2) inflation and reheating, and show that gravitational waves from these mechanisms are detectable at future interferometers.

scholarly journals Dark Matter production from relativistic bubble walls

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Azatov ◽  
Miguel Vanvlasselaer ◽  
Wen Yin
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
Relic Abundance ◽  
Higgs Portal ◽  
First Order Phase ◽  
Gravitational Background

Abstract In this paper we present a novel mechanism for producing the observed Dark Matter (DM) relic abundance during the First Order Phase Transition (FOPT) in the early universe. We show that the bubble expansion with ultra-relativistic velocities can lead to the abundance of DM particles with masses much larger than the scale of the transition. We study this non-thermal production mechanism in the context of a generic phase transition and the electroweak phase transition. The application of the mechanism to the Higgs portal DM as well as the signal in the Stochastic Gravitational Background are discussed.

Discovering a First-Order Phase Transition in the Li–CeO2 System

Nano Letters ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1282-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaikai Li ◽  
Xiaoye Zhou ◽  
Anmin Nie ◽  
Sheng Sun ◽  
Yan-Bing He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase
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