The non-perturbative phase diagram of the BMN matrix model
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We study the maximally supersymmetric plane wave matrix model (the BMN model) at finite temperature, $T$, and locate the high temperature phase boundary in the $(\mu,T)$ plane, where $\mu$ is the mass parameter. We find the first transition, as the system is cooled from high temperatures, is from an approximately $SO(9)$ symmetric phase to one where three matrices expand to form fuzzy spheres. For $\mu > 3.0$ there is a second distinct transition at a lower temperature. The two transitions approach one another at smaller $\mu$ and merge in the vicinity of $\mu=3.0$. The resulting single transition curve then approaches the gauge/gravity prediction as $\mu$ is further decreased. We find a rough estimate of the transition, for all $\mu$, is given by a Pad\'e resummation of the large-$\mu$, 3-loop perturbative, predictions. We find evidence that the transition at small $\mu$ is to an M5-brane phase of the theory.
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