Published July 15, 2009 | Version v1
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Higher derivative effects on η/s at finite chemical potential

  • 1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040 (United States)

Description

We examine the effects of higher derivative corrections on η/s, the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density, in the case of a finite R-charge chemical potential. In particular, we work in the framework of five-dimensional N=2 gauged supergravity, and include terms up to four derivatives, representing the supersymmetric completion of the Chern-Simons term A and Tr(R and R). The addition of the four-derivative terms yields a correction which is a 1/N effect, and in general gives rise to a violation of the η/s bound. Furthermore, we find that, once the bound is violated, turning on the chemical potential only leads to an even larger violation of the bound.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 025002-025002.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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