Sound waves in strongly coupled non-conformal gauge theory plasma

2005/07/31 by Paolo Benincasa, Alex Buchel, Andrei O. Starinets · 9 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cauchy stress tensor #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Coupling constant #Gauge theory #Geometry #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Speed of sound #Tensor (intrinsic definition) #Viscosity #Volume viscosity #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.005

published as Nucl.Phys.B733:160-187,2006 · 37 pages, Nuclear Physics B version

arxiv created 2005/11/10 · openalex publication_date 2005/11/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Using gauge theory/gravity duality we study sound wave propagation in strongly coupled non-conformal gauge theory plasma. We compute the speed of sound and the bulk viscosity of N=2^* supersymmetric SU(N_c) Yang-Mills plasma at a temperature much larger than the mass scale of the theory in the limit of large N_c and large 't Hooft coupling. The speed of sound is computed both from the equation of state and the hydrodynamic pole in the stress-energy tensor two-point correlation function. Both computations lead to the same result. Bulk viscosity is determined by computing the attenuation constant of the sound wave mode.

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