Viscosity near phase transitions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-08-23 v1
Abstract
Probably the most enticing observation in theoretical physics during the last decade was the discovery of the great amount of consequences obtained from the AdS/CFT conjecture put forward by Maldacena. In this work we review how this correspondence can be used to address hydrodynamic properties such as the viscosity of some strongly interacting systems. We also employ the Boltzmann equation for those systems closer to low-energy QCD, and argue that this kind of transport coefficients can be related to phase transitions, in particular the QGP/hadronic phase transition studied in heavy ion collisions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.0015,
title = {Viscosity near phase transitions},
author = {Antonio Dobado and Felipe J. Llanes-Estrada and Juan M. Torres-Rincon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.0015},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
9 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the Gribov-80 Memorial Workshop. ICTP Trieste, Italy, May 26-28, 2010