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On the Phase Transition of Conformal Field Theories with Holographic Duals

L. Cappiello, W. Mueck

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0107238

Abstract

We study the thermodynamic relations of conformal field theories (CFTs), which are holographically dual to anti-de Sitter-Schwarzschild bulk space-times. A Cardy-Verlinde formula is derived thermodynamically for CFTs living on Sn x R with Sn having an arbitrary radius. The Hawking-Page phase transition of the CFT is described using Landau's theory of phase transitions, and an alternative derivation of the Cardy-Verlinde formula is presented. The condensate in the high temperature phase is identified as being composed of radiational matter.

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