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Drag force in a D-instanton background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-04-17 v1

Abstract

We study the drag force and diffusion coefficient with respect to a moving heavy quark in a D-instanton background, which corresponds to the Yang-Mills theory in the deconfining, high-temperature phase. It is shown that the presence of the D-instanton density tends to increase the drag force and decrease the diffusion coefficient, reverse to the effects of the velocity and the temperature. Moreover, the inclusion of the D-instanton density makes the medium less viscous.

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@article{arxiv.1804.05517,
  title  = {Drag force in a D-instanton background},
  author = {Zi-qiang Zhang and Zhong-jie Luo and De-fu Hou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05517},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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