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Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory

Thanh Son, D. (2010). Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/10020000

Dam Thanh Son University of Chicago

Talk numberPIRSA:10020000
DOI10.48660/10020000
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Viscosity is a very old concept which was introduced to physics by Navier in the 19th century. However, in strongly coupled systems, the viscosity is usually difficult to compute. In this talk I will describe how gauge/gravity duality, a by-product of string theory, allows one to compute the viscosity for a class of strongly interacting fluids not too dissimilar to the quark gluon plasma. I will also describe efforts to measure the viscosity and other physical properties of the quark gluon plasma at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.