Holographic collisions in non-conformal theories

We numerically simulate gravitational shock wave collisions in a holographic model dual to a non-conformal four-dimensional gauge theory. We find two novel effects associated to the non-zero bulk viscosity of the resulting plasma. First, the hydrodynamization time increases. Second, if the bulk visc...

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Autores: Attems, Maximilian, Casalderrey Solana, Jorge, Mateos, David (Mateos Solé), Santos-Oliván, Daniel, Sopuerta, Carlos F., Triana Iglesias, Miquel, Zilhão, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/151848
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/151848
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física de partícules
Col·lisions (Astrofísica)
Quarks
Particle physics
Collisions (Astrophysics)
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Sumario:We numerically simulate gravitational shock wave collisions in a holographic model dual to a non-conformal four-dimensional gauge theory. We find two novel effects associated to the non-zero bulk viscosity of the resulting plasma. First, the hydrodynamization time increases. Second, if the bulk viscosity is large enough then the plasma becomes well described by hydrodynamics before the energy density and the average pressure begin to obey the equilibrium equation of state. We discuss implications for the quark-gluon plasma created in heavy ion collision experiments.