Large N QCD from rotating branes - art. no. 065012

We study large N SU(N) Yang-Mills theory in three and four dimensions using a one-parameter family of supergravity models which originate from non-ext remal rotating D-branes. We show explicitly that varying this ''angular mom entum'' parameter decouples the Kaluza-Klein modes associated with the comp act D-brane coordinate, while the mass ratios for ordinary glueballs are qu ite stable against this variation, and are in good agreement with the lates t lattice results. We also compute the topological susceptibility and the g luon condensate as a function of the ''angular momentum'' parameter. [S0556 -2821(99)00906-6].