14–17 Nov 2012
Academic Building, Utrecht University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Gauge/gravity, thermalization and energy loss

17 Nov 2012, 10:00
30m
Kanunnikenzaal (Academic Building, Utrecht University)

Kanunnikenzaal

Academic Building, Utrecht University

Domplein 29, Utrecht

Speaker

Dr Wilke van der Schee (Utrecht University)

Description

Holography provides an excellent tool to study (certain) strongly coupled gauge theories, which is especially useful if the state is very far from equilibrium. In this talk I will review current progress on thermalization, which is modelled by black hole formation, and highlight recent progress on energy loss using holography. Unfortunately I will also have to point out many caveats and uncertainties in these computations, in particular in relation to the energy loss of a energetic quark.

Primary author

Dr Wilke van der Schee (Utrecht University)

Presentation materials