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Holographic chiral shear waves from anomaly

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-05-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study dispersion relations of hydrodynamic waves of hot N=4 SYM plasma at strong coupling with a finite U(1) R-charge chemical potential via holography. We first provide complete equations of motion of linearized fluctuations out of a charged AdS black-hole background according to their helicity, and observe that helicity +1 and -1 transverse shear modes receive a new parity-odd contribution from the 5D Chern-Simons term, which is dual to 4D U(1)^3 anomaly. We present a systematic solution of the helicity +1,-1 wave equations in long wave-length expansion, and obtain the corresponding dispersion relations. The results depend on the sign of helicity, which may be called chiral shear waves.

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@article{arxiv.0910.5915,
  title  = {Holographic chiral shear waves from anomaly},
  author = {Bindusar Sahoo and Ho-Ung Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5915},
  year   = {2010}
}

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15 pages

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