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Spectral densities for hot QCD plasmas in a leading log approximation

Nuclear Theory 2012-06-12 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute the spectral densities of TμνT^{\mu\nu} and JμJ^{\mu} in high temperature QCD plasmas at small frequency and momentum,\, ω,kg4T\omega,k \sim g^4 T. The leading log Boltzmann equation is reformulated as a Fokker Planck equation with non-trivial boundary conditions, and the resulting partial differential equation is solved numerically in momentum space. The spectral densities of the current, shear, sound, and bulk channels exhibit a smooth transition from free streaming quasi-particles to ideal hydrodynamics. This transition is analyzed with conformal and non-conformal second order hydrodynamics, and a second order diffusion equation. We determine all of the second order transport coefficients which characterize the linear response in the hydrodynamic regime.

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@article{arxiv.1003.0699,
  title  = {Spectral densities for hot QCD plasmas in a leading log approximation},
  author = {Juhee Hong and Derek Teaney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0699},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

39 pages, 6 figures. v3 contains an analysis of the bulk channel with non-conformal hydrodynamics. Otherwise no significant changes