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4-point correlators in finite-temperature AdS/CFT: jet quenching correlations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

There has been recent progress on computing real-time equilibrium 3-point functions in finite-temperature strongly-coupled N=4 super Yang-Mills (SYM). In this paper, we show an example of how to carry out a similar analysis for a 4-point function. We look at the stopping of high-energy "jets" in such strongly-coupled plasmas and relate the question of whether, on an event-by-event basis, each jet deposits its net charge over a narrow (~ 1/T) or wide (>> 1/T) spatial region. We relate this question to the calculation of a 4-point equilibrium correlator.

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@article{arxiv.1109.0040,
  title  = {4-point correlators in finite-temperature AdS/CFT: jet quenching correlations},
  author = {Peter Arnold and Diana Vaman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0040},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

41 pages, 20 figures [change from v2: just a handful of minor grammar corrections]