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Confinement in anti-de Sitter space

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Four dimensional gauge theories in anti-de Sitter space, including pure Yang-Mills theory, exhibit a quantum phase transition between a deconfined phase and a confined phase as the gauge coupling is varied. We explore various mechanisms by which this may occur, both in a fixed background and in the presence of gravity. We also make a number of observations on the dynamics of four dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories in anti-de Sitter space.

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  1. Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

    Ofer Aharony & Micha Berkooz

  2. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 08540, U.S.A.

    Ofer Aharony

  3. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

    David Tong

  4. Albert Einstein Minerva Center, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

    David Tong

  5. School of Physics and Astronomy, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Shimon Yankielowicz

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Aharony, O., Berkooz, M., Tong, D. et al. Confinement in anti-de Sitter space. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 76 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2013)076

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