18–22 Sept 2017
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Hydrodynamisation at finite coupling

22 Sept 2017, 10:30
30m
Main Lecture Hall (Główna Aula)

Main Lecture Hall (Główna Aula)

Speaker

Wilke van der Schee (MIT)

Description

This talk will give an overview of recent efforts to understand hydrodynamisation of the quark-gluon plasma away from the infinite coupling approximation. This is done using Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory, which reproduces several features of finite coupling physics, such as a larger \eta/s of 0.15. We find that collisions become more transparant, have a slightly wider rapidity profile and hydrodynamise more slowly. We hope to comment on the evolution of fluctuations in the transverse plane and compare this with results at weak coupling.

Authors

Wilke van der Schee (MIT) Dr Saso Grozdanov (Leiden University)

Presentation materials