(Ir)regular singularities and Quantum Field Theory

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Multiple phases in a generalized Gross-Witten-Wadia matrix model

Author(s)

Jorge G. Russo and Miguel Tierz

Topic

Random Matrices and Gauge theories

Abstract

We study a unitary matrix model of the Gross-Witten-Wadia type, extended with the addition of characteristic polynomial insertions. The model interpolates between solvable unitary matrix models and is the unitary counterpart of a deformed Cauchy ensemble. Exact formulas for the partition function and Wilson loops are given in terms of Toeplitz determinants and minors and large N results are obtained by using Szegö theorem with a Fisher-Hartwig singularity. In the large N (planar) limit with two scaled couplings, the theory exhibits a surprisingly intricate phase structure in the two-dimensional parameter space.

Year

2020

Reference

J. Russo and M. Tierz, “Multiple phases in a generalized Gross-Witten-Wadia matrix model,” JHEP 81 (2020),

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