Fast Scramblers and Non-Commutative Gauge Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-07-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Fast scramblers are quantum systems which thermalize in a time scale logarithmic in the number of degrees of freedom of the system. Non-locality has been argued to be an essential feature of fast scramblers. We provide evidence in support of the crucial role of non-locality in such systems by considering the approach to thermalization in a (strongly-coupled) high temperature non-commutative gauge theory. We show that non-locality inherent to non-commutative gauge theories does indeed accelerate the rate of dissipation in the heat bath in stark contrast to the slow random walk diffusive behavior prevalent in local field theories.
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@article{arxiv.1204.5748,
title = {Fast Scramblers and Non-Commutative Gauge Theories},
author = {Mohammad Edalati and Willy Fischler and Juan F. Pedraza and Walter Tangarife Garcia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5748},
year = {2012}
}
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v2: 22 pages, reformatted, version to be published in JHEP