Emergent geometry from random multitrace matrix models

A novel scenario for the emergence of geometry in random multitrace matrix models of a single hermitian matrix \(M\) with unitary \(U(N) \) invariance, i.e. without a kinetic term, is presented. In particular, the dimension of the emergent geometry is determined from the critical exponents of the disorder-to-uniform-ordered transition whereas the metric is determined from the Wigner semicircle law behavior of the eigenvalues distribution of the matrix \(M\). If the uniform ordered phase is not sustained in the phase diagram then there is no emergent geometry in the multitrace matrix model.