Complexified boost invariance and holographic heavy ion collisions

Gubser, Steven S.; van der Schee, Wilke

doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2015)028

Title: Complexified boost invariance and holographic heavy ion collisions

Abstract

At strong coupling holographic studies have shown that heavy ion collisions do not obey normal boost invariance. Here we study a modified boost invariance through a complex shift in time, and show that this leads to surprisingly good agreement with numerical holographic computations. When including perturbations the agreement becomes even better, both in the hydrodynamic and the far-from-equilibrium regime. Finally, one of the main advantages is an analytic formulation of the stress-energy tensor of the longitudinal dynamics of holographic heavy ion collisions.

Authors:

Gubser, Steven S. ^[1]; van der Schee, Wilke ^[2]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Joseph Henry Lab. of Physics
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Center of Theoretical Physics

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; Utrecht Univ. Foundations of Science

OSTI Identifier:: 1440980

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011090; FG02-91ER40671

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer Berlin

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; AdS-CFT Correspondence; Holography and quark-gluon plasmas

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  abstractNote = {At strong coupling holographic studies have shown that heavy ion collisions do not obey normal boost invariance. Here we study a modified boost invariance through a complex shift in time, and show that this leads to surprisingly good agreement with numerical holographic computations. When including perturbations the agreement becomes even better, both in the hydrodynamic and the far-from-equilibrium regime. Finally, one of the main advantages is an analytic formulation of the stress-energy tensor of the longitudinal dynamics of holographic heavy ion collisions.},

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