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Coupling constant dependence of the shear viscosity in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

Coupling constant dependence of the shear viscosity in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
Coupling constant dependence of the shear viscosity in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
Gauge theory–gravity duality predicts that the shear viscosity of N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang–Mills plasma at temperature T in the limit of large Nc and large 't Hooft coupling is independent of the coupling and equals to . In this paper, we compute the leading correction to the shear viscosity in inverse powers of 't Hooft coupling using the ??-corrected low-energy effective action of type IIB string theory. We also find the correction to the ratio of shear viscosity to the volume entropy density (equal to 1/4? in the limit of infinite coupling). The correction to 1/4? scales as with a positive coefficient.
ads/cft correspondence, thermal field theory
0550-3213
56-68
Buchel, Alex
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Liu, James T.
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Starinets, Andrei O.
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Buchel, Alex
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Liu, James T.
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Starinets, Andrei O.
4c7f2b3d-0ff6-4d26-b978-7d18571c8b17

Buchel, Alex, Liu, James T. and Starinets, Andrei O. (2005) Coupling constant dependence of the shear viscosity in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Nuclear Physics B, 707 (1-2), 56-68. (doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.11.055).

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Gauge theory–gravity duality predicts that the shear viscosity of N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang–Mills plasma at temperature T in the limit of large Nc and large 't Hooft coupling is independent of the coupling and equals to . In this paper, we compute the leading correction to the shear viscosity in inverse powers of 't Hooft coupling using the ??-corrected low-energy effective action of type IIB string theory. We also find the correction to the ratio of shear viscosity to the volume entropy density (equal to 1/4? in the limit of infinite coupling). The correction to 1/4? scales as with a positive coefficient.

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Published date: 14 February 2005
Keywords: ads/cft correspondence, thermal field theory

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Local EPrints ID: 57127
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/57127
ISSN: 0550-3213
PURE UUID: 82d1dd24-ba7b-4cde-a676-28629578e506

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Date deposited: 14 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 11:05

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Author: Alex Buchel
Author: James T. Liu
Author: Andrei O. Starinets

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