Double relaxation via AdS/CFT

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.06.011MaRDI QIDQ2631431zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 29 July 2016

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.04281

zbMATH Keywords

dual gravity theorygauge theory thermalization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: We exploit the AdS/CFT correspondence to investigate thermalization in an N=2 strongly coupled gauge theory including massless fundamental matter (quark). More precisely, we consider the response of a zero temperature state of the gauge theory under variation of an external electric field leading to a time-dependent current. The holographic dual of the above set-up is given by introducing a time-dependent electric field on the probe D7-brane embedded in an AdS_5 X S^5 background. In the dual gravity theory, due to a time-dependent electric field an apparent horizon forms on the brane which, according to AdS/CFT dictionary, is the counterpart of the thermalization process in the gauge theory. We classify different functions for time-dependent electric field and study their effect on the apparent horizon formation. In the case of pulse functions where the electric field varies from zero to zero, apart from non-equilibrium phase, we observe that two apparent horizons form on the brane. On the gauge theory side, it means that the state of the gauge theory experiences two different temperatures during the time evolution.

Recommendations

• Probe branes, time-dependent couplings and thermalization in AdS/CFT
• Probes of holographic thermalization in a simple model with momentum relaxation
• Thermal quench at finite 't Hooft coupling
• Holographic thermalization in Gauss-Bonnet gravity
• Weak field collapse in AdS: introducing a charge density

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• Linear response of entanglement entropy from holography
• Meson potential energy in a non-conformal holographic model
• Probes of holographic thermalization in a simple model with momentum relaxation
• Holographic mutual and tripartite information in a non-conformal background
• Holographic thermalization in Gauss-Bonnet gravity
• Probing anomalous driving
• Probe branes thermalization in external electric and magnetic fields
• Thermal quench at finite 't Hooft coupling
• Weak field collapse in AdS: introducing a charge density
• Holographic equilibration under external dynamical electric field

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