The Hagedorn transition and the number of degrees of freedom of string theory

Joseph J. Atick; Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(88)90151-4

The Hagedorn transition and the number of degrees of freedom of string theory

Joseph J. Atick, Edward Witten

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Extending recent discussions of the Hagedorn transition in string theory, we argue that this transition is a first-order phase transition with a very large heat (corresponding to a genus-zero contribution to the free energy that appears above the critical temperature). Formally analyzing the k-loop contributions to the free energy at temperatures far above the Hagedorn temperature leads to a number of interesting speculations about the underlying degrees of freedom in string theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	291-334
Number of pages	44
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	310
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(88)90151-4
State	Published - Dec 5 1988
Externally published	Yes

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