3–7 Dec 2014
Embassy Suites Napa Valley, California
US/Pacific timezone

Gluon spectral functions and transport coefficients in Yang–Mills theory

5 Dec 2014, 17:30
20m
Embassy Suites Napa Valley, California

Embassy Suites Napa Valley, California

Speaker

Fister Leonard (IPhT, CEA Saclay)

Description

We study non-perturbative gluon spectral functions at finite temperature in quenched QCD with the maximum entropy method. We also provide a closed loop equation for the spectral function of the energy-momentum tensor in terms of the gluon spectral function. This setup is then used to compute the shear viscosity over entropy density ratio eta/s in a temperature range from about 0.4 Tc to 4.5 Tc. The ratio eta/s has a minimum at about 1.25 Tc with the value of about 0.115. We also discuss extensions of the present results to QCD.

Author

Fister Leonard (IPhT, CEA Saclay)

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