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Heavy quarks in a magnetic field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-03 v3

Abstract

The motion of a heavy charged quark in a magnetic field is analyzed in the vacuum of strongly coupled CFT. The motion of the quark is dissipative. It moves in spiral until it eventually comes to rest. The world-sheet geometry is locally AdS_2 but has a time dependent horizon. The string profile in the static gauge extends from the boundary till a point where an embedding singularity exists. Connections with other circular string motions are established.

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@article{arxiv.1111.0314,
  title  = {Heavy quarks in a magnetic field},
  author = {Elias Kiritsis and George Pavlopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.0314},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

(v3) Misprints corrected, discussion on moving horizons improved and enhanced

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