Published January 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of curvature squared corrections in AdS on the viscosity of the dual gauge theory

  • 1. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)

Description

We use the real-time finite-temperature AdS/CFT correspondence to compute the effect of general R2 corrections to the gravitational action in AdS space on the shear viscosity of the dual gauge theory. The R2 terms in AdS5 are determined by the central charges of the CFT. We present an example of a four-dimensional gauge theory in which the conjectured lower bound of 1/4π on the viscosity-to-entropy ratio is violated for finite N.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/044

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
01
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 044
ISSN
1126-6708