Mesons with quantum numbers JPC=1−+ cannot be represented as simple
quark-antiquark pairs. We explore hybrid configurations in the light meson
sector comprising a quark, an antiquark and an excited gluon, studying the
properties of such states in a phenomenological model inspired by the
gauge/gravity correspondence. The computed mass, compared to the experimental
mass of the 1−+ candidates π1(1400), π1(1600) and π1(2015),
favous π1(1400) as the lightest hybrid state. An interesting result
concerns the stability of hybrid mesons at finite temperature: they disappear
from the spectral function (i.e. they melt) at a lower temperature with respect
to other states, light vector and scalar mesons, and scalar glueballs.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure