String Theory seminar - Frank Ferrari Seminar

In the first part of the talk, we present a review of the new large N limit of tensor models and the related new large D limit of matrix models. In the second part, we apply these new tools to compute the phase diagram of strongly coupled matrix quantum mechanics. We find phase transitions which are argued to provide a quantum mechanical description of the phenomenon of gravitational collapse. We also find a new non-trivial critical point at finite temperature with intriguing properties.