Holographic confining theories on space-times with constant positive curvature
A bstract Varying the curvature, quantum phase transitions are investigated in holographic confining QFTs defined on a fixed constant positive curvature background. We find a competition between two branches of solutions and a phase transition as one varies the space-time curvature. The low-curvature phase has the same kind of IR geometry as the flat-space solution, while the high-curvature phase has a regular interior. We argue that, depending on the leading asymptotic exponent of the scalar potential, the transition may be first-order or higher-order.
Authors
- Elias Kiritsis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5748-0450)
- Jani Kastikainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6061-7702)
- Francesco Nitti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0700-4114)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Crete (GR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (FR)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2025)139
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Magnus Ehrnroothin Säätiö