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Thermalization of Quark-Gluon Plasma in Magnetic Field at Strong Coupling

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-11-06 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study thermalization of strongly coupled gauge theory plasma in the presence of magnetic field using the AdS/CFT correspondence. We utilize the falling energy-shell model as a holographic description of gauge theory plasma undergoing thermalization, and find the effect of magnetic field on thermalization time in various space-time dimensions. Our results demonstrate that magnetic field universally hastens thermalization of strongly coupled gauge theory plasma.

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@article{arxiv.1505.01183,
  title  = {Thermalization of Quark-Gluon Plasma in Magnetic Field at Strong Coupling},
  author = {Kiminad A. Mamo and Ho-Ung Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.01183},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures; references added, published in PRD