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We study the phase diagram of q-deformed Yang-Mills theory on S2 at non-zero θ-angle using the exact partition function at finite N . By evaluating the exact partition function numerically, we find evidence for the existence of a series of phase transitions at non-zero θ-angle as conjectured in [hep-th/0509004].
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Okuyama, K. Phase diagram of q-deformed Yang-Mills theory on S2 at non-zero θ-angle. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 59 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2018)059
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