Two Polyakov Loop Correlators from D5-branes at Finite Temperature

TL;DR

This paper investigates two Polyakov loop correlators in large N super Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature using AdS/CFT correspondence, focusing on D5-branes for anti-symmetric representations and analyzing phase structures.

Contribution

It introduces a D5-brane approach to evaluate Polyakov loop correlators for anti-symmetric representations at finite temperature, extending previous results within the AdS/CFT framework.

Findings

Identified phase transitions in Polyakov loop correlators.

Connected D5-brane results to earlier fundamental representation findings.

Analyzed the phase structure of correlators at finite temperature.

Abstract

We study two Polyakov loop correlators in large $N$ limit of ${\cal{N}}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature using the AdS-Schwarzschild black hole. In the case that one of the two loops is of the anti-symmetric representation, we use D5-branes to evaluate them. The phase structure of these correlators is also examined. A previous result, derived in hep-th/9803135 and hep-th/9803137, is realized as a limiting case.}