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Transport Coefficients of Gluon Plasma

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2008-11-26 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Transport coefficients of gluon plasma are calculated for a SU(3) pure gauge model by lattice QCD simulations on 163×816^3 \times 8 and 243×824^3 \times 8 lattices. Simulations are carried out at a slightly above the deconfinement transition temperature TcT_c, where a new state of matter is currently being pursued in RHIC experiments. Our results show that the ratio of the shear viscosity to the entropy is less than one and the bulk viscosity is consistent with zero in the region, 1.4T/Tc1.81.4 \leq T/T_c \leq 1.8 .

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0406009,
  title  = {Transport Coefficients of Gluon Plasma},
  author = {Atsushi Nakamura and Sunao Sakai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0406009},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, Latex