AdS/CFT and large-N volume independence
arXiv:1005.3519 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.066002
Abstract
We study the Eguchi-Kawai reduction in the strong-coupling domain of gauge theories via the gravity dual of N=4 super-Yang-Mills on R^3xS^1. We show that D-branes geometrize volume independence in the center-symmetric vacuum and give supergravity predictions for the range of validity of reduced large-N models at strong coupling.
4 pages, 2 figures; references and comments added