Isoperimetric Inequalities and Magnetic Fields at CERN
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-10-25 v1
Abstract
We discuss the generalization of the classical isoperimetric inequality to asymptotically hyperbolic Riemannian manifolds. It has been discovered that the AdS/CFT correspondence in string theory requires that such an inequality hold in order to be internally consistent. In a particular application, to the systems formed in collisions of heavy ions in particle colliders, we show how to formulate this inequality in terms of measurable physical quantities, the magnetic field and the temperature. Experiments under way at CERN in Geneva can thus be said to be testing an isoperimetric inequality.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.07313,
title = {Isoperimetric Inequalities and Magnetic Fields at CERN},
author = {Brett McInnes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07313},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
6 pages, intended for a general mathematical audience but perhaps of interest to others