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Sensitivity of holographic ${\cal N}=4$ SYM plasma hydrodynamics to finite coupling corrections

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-10-03 v2

Abstract

Gauge theory/string theory holographic correspondence for N=4{\cal N}=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory is well under control in the planar limit, and for large (infinitely large) 't Hooft coupling, λ\lambda\to \infty. Certain aspects of the correspondence can be extended including O(λ3/2){\cal O}(\lambda^{-3/2}) corrections. There are no reliable first principle computations of the N=4{\cal N}=4 plasma non-equilibrium properties beyond the stated order. We show extreme sensitivity of the non-hydrodynamic spectra of holographic N=4{\cal N}=4 SYM plasma to O(λ3){\cal O}(\lambda^{-3}) corrections, challenging any conclusions reached from 'resummation' of O(λ3/2){\cal O}(\lambda^{-3/2}) corrections.

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@article{arxiv.1807.05457,
  title  = {Sensitivity of holographic ${\cal N}=4$ SYM plasma hydrodynamics to finite coupling corrections},
  author = {Alex Buchel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.05457},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures; v2: PRD version (rapid communications)