Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions

Heavy ion collision experiments recreating the quark-gluon plasma that filled the microseconds-old universe have established that it is a nearly perfect liquid that flows with such minimal dissipation that it cannot be seen as made of particles. String theory provides a powerful toolbox for studying...

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Autores principales: Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge, Liu, Hong, Mateos, David, Rajagopal, Krishna, Wiedemann, Urs Achim
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2011
Materias:
Particle Physics - Experiment
Particle Physics - Theory
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139136747
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1639593
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author Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge
Liu, Hong
Mateos, David
Rajagopal, Krishna
Wiedemann, Urs Achim
author_facet Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge
Liu, Hong
Mateos, David
Rajagopal, Krishna
Wiedemann, Urs Achim
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description Heavy ion collision experiments recreating the quark-gluon plasma that filled the microseconds-old universe have established that it is a nearly perfect liquid that flows with such minimal dissipation that it cannot be seen as made of particles. String theory provides a powerful toolbox for studying matter with such properties. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge/string duality and its applications to the study of the thermal and transport properties of quark-gluon plasma, the dynamics of how it forms, the hydrodynamics of how it flows, and its response to probes including jets and quarkonium mesons. Calculations are discussed in the context of data from RHIC and LHC and results from finite temperature lattice QCD. The book is an ideal reference for students and researchers in string theory, quantum field theory, quantum many-body physics, heavy ion physics and lattice QCD.
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spelling cern-16395932023-03-17T03:29:38Zdoi:10.1017/CBO9781139136747http://cds.cern.ch/record/1639593engCasalderrey-Solana, JorgeLiu, HongMateos, DavidRajagopal, KrishnaWiedemann, Urs AchimGauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisionsParticle Physics - ExperimentParticle Physics - TheoryHeavy ion collision experiments recreating the quark-gluon plasma that filled the microseconds-old universe have established that it is a nearly perfect liquid that flows with such minimal dissipation that it cannot be seen as made of particles. String theory provides a powerful toolbox for studying matter with such properties. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge/string duality and its applications to the study of the thermal and transport properties of quark-gluon plasma, the dynamics of how it forms, the hydrodynamics of how it flows, and its response to probes including jets and quarkonium mesons. Calculations are discussed in the context of data from RHIC and LHC and results from finite temperature lattice QCD. The book is an ideal reference for students and researchers in string theory, quantum field theory, quantum many-body physics, heavy ion physics and lattice QCD.Over the last decade, both experimental and theoretical advances have brought the need for strong coupling techniques in the analysis of deconfined QCD matter and heavy ion collisions to the forefront. As a consequence, a fruitful interplay has developed between analyses of strongly-coupled non-abelian plasmas via the gauge/string duality (also referred to as the AdS/CFT correspondence) and the phenomenology of heavy ion collisions. We review some of the main insights gained from this interplay to date. To establish a common language, we start with an introduction to heavy ion phenomenology and finite-temperature QCD, and a corresponding introduction to important concepts and techniques in the gauge/string duality. These introductory sections are written for nonspecialists, with the goal of bringing readers ranging from beginning graduate students to experienced practitioners of either QCD or gauge/string duality to the point that they understand enough about both fields that they can then appreciate their interplay in all appropriate contexts. We then review the current state-of-the art in the application of the duality to the description of the dynamics of strongly coupled plasmas, with emphases that include: its thermodynamic, hydrodynamic and transport properties/ the way it both modifies the dynamics of, and is perturbed by, high-energy or heavy quarks passing through it/ and the physics of quarkonium mesons within it. We seek throughout to stress the lessons that can be extracted from these computations for heavy ion physics as well as to discuss future directions and open problems for the field.Cambridge University PressarXiv:1101.0618CERN-PH-TH-2010-316MIT-CTP-4198ICCUB-10-202oai:cds.cern.ch:16395932011-01-05
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Experiment
Particle Physics - Theory
Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge
Liu, Hong
Mateos, David
Rajagopal, Krishna
Wiedemann, Urs Achim
Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title_full Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title_fullStr Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title_full_unstemmed Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title_short Gauge/string duality, hot QCD and heavy ion collisions
title_sort gauge/string duality, hot qcd and heavy ion collisions
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
Particle Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139136747
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1639593
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