Black branes beyond thermal equilibrium
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Mon, 26/01/2009 12:00 |
Andrei Starinets (Oxford) |
String Theory Seminar  |
L3 |
| Gauge-string duality relates transport properties of certain strongly interacting quantum field theories at finite temperature/density to spectra of normal modes of black branes in dual supergravity backgrounds. The duality serves as a source of quantitative information about the physics of strongly coupled relativistic plasmas as well as a source of qualitative insights into the properties of nuclear matter created in heavy ion collision experiments. It may also help to understand non-equilibrium behavior of black holes/branes. We reflect on recent progress in this field. | |||