PIRSA:19100091

Real-time dynamics of plasma balls in a confining background

Figueras, P. (2019). Real-time dynamics of plasma balls in a confining background. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19100091

Figueras, Pau. Real-time dynamics of plasma balls in a confining background. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 31, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19100091 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19100091,
            doi = {10.48660/19100091},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19100091},
            author = {Figueras, Pau},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Real-time dynamics of plasma balls in a confining background},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:19100091 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Pau Figueras

Queen Mary University of London

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Black holes in the background of the AdS soliton are, according to the gauge/gravity correspondence, dual to droplets of deconfined plasma surrounded by a confining vacuum. In this talk I will present, for the first time, the real time dynamics of finite energy black holes in these backgrounds. We consider horizonless initial data sourced by a massless scalar field. Upon time evolution, prompt scalar field collapse produces an excited black hole that eventually settles down to equilibrium at the bottom of the AdS soliton. Radiation in these backgrounds is carried by a set of massive states that, in the dual field theory, can be interpreted as particles. Thus, our results are relevant to describe the out-of-equilibrium dynamics in strongly coupled gauge theories that exhibit confinement. This is work in progress in collaboration with Hans Bantilan and David Mateos.