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Rapid Thermalization by Baryon Injection in Gauge/Gravity Duality
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Using the AdS/CFT correspondence for strongly coupled gauge theories, we calculate thermalization of mesons caused by a time-dependent change of a baryon number chemical potential. On the gravity side, the thermalization corresponds to a horizon formation on the probe flavor brane in the AdS throat. Since heavy ion collisions are locally approximated by a sudden change of the baryon number chemical potential, we discuss implication of our results to RHIC and LHC experiments, to find a rough estimate of rather rapid thermalization time-scale t_{th} < 1 [fm/c]. We also discuss universality of our analysis against varying gauge theories.<br />Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures. v2: minor clarifications, version to appear in PRD
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1012.4463
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.066005