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We clarify the relationship between probe analysis of the supergravity dual and the large-N solution of the localization matrix model for the planar \( \mathcal{N}={2}^{\ast } \) super-Yang-Mills theory. A formalism inspired by supergravity allows us to systematically solve the matrix model at strong coupling. Quite surprisingly, we find that quantum phase transitions, known to occur in the \( \mathcal{N}={2}^{\ast } \) theory, start to be visible at the third order of the strong-coupling expansion and thus constitute a perturbative phenomenon on the string worldsheet.
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Russo, J.G., Widén, E. & Zarembo, K. N = 2∗ phase transitions and holography. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 196 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2019)196
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