Phase Transition Dynamics and Its Alpha' Corrections

TL;DR

This paper investigates the dynamics of first order phase transitions in holographic models, revealing their incomplete nature at large N and demonstrating the robustness of transition configurations under string length (alpha') corrections.

Contribution

It provides new insights into phase transition dynamics in holographic models and shows that key transition configurations are stable under alpha' corrections.

Findings

Phase transition is incomplete at large N with natural boundary conditions.

Transition configurations are preserved under alpha' (string length) corrections.

The study extends understanding of holographic phase transitions with string corrections.

Abstract

We study the dynamics of the first order phase transition in the holographic hard wall model, namely, Polchinski-Strassler's model and come to the conclusion that the phase transition is incomplete in large N limit with the natural boundary condition. We also consider the string length corrections to both hard wall model and Witten's model, and find that the interesting transition configuration is preserved under the alpha' corrections.