PIRSA:10020000

Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory

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

Thanh Son, Dam. Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 24, 2010, https://pirsa.org/10020000 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10020000,
            doi = {10.48660/10020000},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10020000},
            author = {Thanh Son, Dam},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:10020000 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Dam Thanh Son University of Chicago

Talk numberPIRSA:10020000
DOI10.48660/10020000
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

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.