Momentum fluctuations of heavy quarks in the gauge-string duality

2006/12/31 by Steven S. Gubser · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Duality (order theory) #Gauge (firearms) #Mathematics #Momentum (technical analysis) #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String duality #String theory #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.09.017

published as Nucl.Phys.B790:175-199,2008 · 37 pages, 2 figures. v2: small improvements, ref added. v3: substantial revisions. v4: fixed a few typos

arxiv created 2007/01/31 · openalex publication_date 2007/10/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Using the gauge-string duality, I compute two-point functions of the force acting on an external quark moving through a finite temperature bath of N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. I comment on the possible relevance of the string theory calculations to heavy quarks propagating through a quark-gluon plasma.

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