https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00106-3
Regular Article
Phase structures emerging from holography with Einstein-gravity-dilaton models at finite temperature
1
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, PF 510119, 01314, Dresden, Germany
2
Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
* e-mail: rico@hierbeizoellners.de
Received:
18
July
2019
Accepted:
3
January
2020
Published online:
16
March
2020
Asymptotic AdS Riemann space-times in five dimensions with a black brane (horizon) sourced by a fully back-reacted scalar field (dilaton) offer—via the holographic dictionary—various options for the thermodynamics of the flat four-dimensional boundary theory, uncovering Hawking–Page, first-order, and second-order phase transitions up to a cross-over or featureless behavior. The relation of these phase structures to the dilaton potential is clarified and illustrating examples are presented. Having in mind applications to QCD, we study probe vector mesons with the goal to figure out conditions for forming Regge-type series of radial excitations and address the issue of meson melting.
© The Author(s), 2020
