The first heavy ion collisions at the LHC - HIC10

New results from the gauge/string duality: Quark energy loss and anisotropic plasmas

30 Aug 2010, 15:40

1h

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

Speaker

Prof. David Mateos (ICREA Barcelona)

Description

I will describe two recent results in the string description of strongly coupled gauge theory plasmas. The first one is a new mechanism whereby a quark loses energy by Cherenkov-radiating mesons in the plasma. The second is a gravity solution dual to the N=4 SYM plasma in an anisotropic state. I will discuss implications of these results for heavy-ion collision experiments.

Presentation materials

Slides

David_Mateos_-_CERN_-_August_2010.pdf