Holographic isotropization linearized
Abstract
The holographic isotropization of a highly anisotropic, homogeneous, strongly coupled, non-Abelian plasma was simplified in arXiv:1202.0981 by linearizing Einstein's equations around the final, equilibrium state. This approximation reproduces the expectation value of the boundary stress tensor with a 20% accuracy. Here we elaborate on these results and extend them to observables that are directly sensitive to the bulk interior, focusing for simplicity on the entropy production on the event horizon. We also consider next-to-leading-order corrections and show that the leading terms alone provide a better description of the isotropization process for the states that are furthest from equilibrium.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1304.5172,
title = {Holographic isotropization linearized},
author = {Michal P. Heller and David Mateos and Wilke van der Schee and Miquel Triana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.5172},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
30 pages, 14 figures; v2: minor changes in the text, matches the published version