Relaxation time of a CFT plasma at finite coupling

2008/06/04 by Alex Buchel, Miguel F. Paulos, Miguel Paulos · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.07.002

published as Nucl.Phys.B805:59-71,2008 · 17 pages

arxiv created 2008/06/04 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Following recent formulation of second order relativistic viscous hydrodynamics for conformal fluids, we compute finite coupling corrections to the relaxation time of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma. The result is expected to be universal for any strongly coupled conformal gauge theory plasma in four dimensions.

Citations

• Nonlinear Fluid Dynamics from Gravity
• Minkowski-space correlators in AdS/CFT correspondence: recipe and applications
• Superstring modifications of Einstein's equations
• Viscosity in Strongly Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Black Hole Physics
• Shear viscosity of CFT plasma at finite coupling
• AdS/CFT correspondence and Geometry

Cited by

• Holographic nonlinear hydrodynamics from AdS/CFT with multiple/non-abelian symmetries
• Hydrodynamics of fundamental matter
• Second-order hydrodynamics and universality in non-conformal holographic fluids

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