Published March 21, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Second order hydrodynamics of a CFT plasma from boost invariant expansion

  • 1. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7 (Canada)
  • 3. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)

Description

We compute finite coupling correction to a non-linear second order hydrodynamic coefficient in the boost invariant expansion of the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma. The result is universal for a large class of strongly coupled four-dimensional conformal gauge theories

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.10.012

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.10.012;
arXiv
arXiv:0808.1601v2;
PII
S0550-3213(08)00596-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
810
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 40-65
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40061592
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FLUID MECHANICS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MECHANICS; SYMMETRY

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.