Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal AdS/CFT
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We evaluate the Poynting vector generated by a heavy quark moving through a thermal state of N=4 gauge theory using AdS/CFT. A significant diffusion wake is observed as well as a Mach cone. We discuss the ratio of the energy going into sound modes to the energy coming in from the wake.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0706.4307,
title = {Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal AdS/CFT},
author = {Steven S. Gubser and Silviu S. Pufu and Amos Yarom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4307},
year = {2008}
}