Published September 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Spectral sum rules for the quark-gluon plasma

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550 (United States)

Description

We derive sum rules involving the spectral density of the stress-energy tensor in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory and pure Yang-Mills theory. The sum rules come from the hydrodynamic behavior at small momenta and the conformal (in the case of N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory) or asymptotically free (as for the pure Yang-Mills theory) behavior at large momenta. These sum rules may help constrain quark-gluon plasma transport coefficients obtained from lattice QCD.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 065021-065021.11
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41063901
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
LATTICE FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STRESSES; SUM RULES; TENSORS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; MATTER; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS

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