Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality
Strongly correlated quantum fluids are phases of matter that are intrinsically quantum mechanical and that do not have a simple description in terms of weakly interacting quasiparticles. Two systems that have recently attracted a great deal of interest are the quark–gluon plasma, a plasma of strongl...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
IOP Publishing
2013
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78012 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-4818 |
| _version_ | 1826212402590384128 |
|---|---|
| author | Adams, Allan Carr, Lincoln D. Schafer, Thomas Steinberg, Peter Thomas, John E. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics Adams, Allan Carr, Lincoln D. Schafer, Thomas Steinberg, Peter Thomas, John E. |
| author_sort | Adams, Allan |
| collection | MIT |
| description | Strongly correlated quantum fluids are phases of matter that are intrinsically quantum mechanical and that do not have a simple description in terms of weakly interacting quasiparticles. Two systems that have recently attracted a great deal of interest are the quark–gluon plasma, a plasma of strongly interacting quarks and gluons produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions, and ultracold atomic Fermi gases, very dilute clouds of atomic gases confined in optical or magnetic traps. These systems differ by 19 orders of magnitude in temperature, but were shown to exhibit very similar hydrodynamic flows. In particular, both fluids exhibit a robustly low shear viscosity to entropy density ratio, which is characteristic of quantum fluids described by holographic duality, a mapping from strongly correlated quantum field theories to weakly curved higher dimensional classical gravity. This review explores the connection between these fields, and also serves as an introduction to the focus issue of New Journal of Physics on 'Strongly Correlated Quantum Fluids: From Ultracold Quantum Gases to Quantum Chromodynamic Plasmas'. The presentation is accessible to the general physics reader and includes discussions of the latest research developments in all three areas. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:21:08Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/78012 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:21:08Z |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publisher | IOP Publishing |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/780122022-09-29T14:23:37Z Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality Adams, Allan Carr, Lincoln D. Schafer, Thomas Steinberg, Peter Thomas, John E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Adams, Allan Strongly correlated quantum fluids are phases of matter that are intrinsically quantum mechanical and that do not have a simple description in terms of weakly interacting quasiparticles. Two systems that have recently attracted a great deal of interest are the quark–gluon plasma, a plasma of strongly interacting quarks and gluons produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions, and ultracold atomic Fermi gases, very dilute clouds of atomic gases confined in optical or magnetic traps. These systems differ by 19 orders of magnitude in temperature, but were shown to exhibit very similar hydrodynamic flows. In particular, both fluids exhibit a robustly low shear viscosity to entropy density ratio, which is characteristic of quantum fluids described by holographic duality, a mapping from strongly correlated quantum field theories to weakly curved higher dimensional classical gravity. This review explores the connection between these fields, and also serves as an introduction to the focus issue of New Journal of Physics on 'Strongly Correlated Quantum Fluids: From Ultracold Quantum Gases to Quantum Chromodynamic Plasmas'. The presentation is accessible to the general physics reader and includes discussions of the latest research developments in all three areas. United States. Dept. of Energy (Cooperative Research Agreement DE-FG02-05ER-41360) 2013-03-28T15:01:17Z 2013-03-28T15:01:17Z 2012-11 2012-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1367-2630 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78012 Adams, Allan et al. “Strongly Correlated Quantum Fluids: Ultracold Quantum Gases, Quantum Chromodynamic Plasmas and Holographic Duality.” New Journal of Physics 14.11 (2012): 115009. © 2012 IOP Publishing https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-4818 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/11/115009 New Journal of Physics Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 application/pdf IOP Publishing IOP |
| spellingShingle | Adams, Allan Carr, Lincoln D. Schafer, Thomas Steinberg, Peter Thomas, John E. Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title | Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title_full | Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title_fullStr | Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title_short | Strongly correlated quantum fluids: ultracold quantum gases, quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| title_sort | strongly correlated quantum fluids ultracold quantum gases quantum chromodynamic plasmas and holographic duality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78012 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-4818 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT adamsallan stronglycorrelatedquantumfluidsultracoldquantumgasesquantumchromodynamicplasmasandholographicduality AT carrlincolnd stronglycorrelatedquantumfluidsultracoldquantumgasesquantumchromodynamicplasmasandholographicduality AT schaferthomas stronglycorrelatedquantumfluidsultracoldquantumgasesquantumchromodynamicplasmasandholographicduality AT steinbergpeter stronglycorrelatedquantumfluidsultracoldquantumgasesquantumchromodynamicplasmasandholographicduality AT thomasjohne stronglycorrelatedquantumfluidsultracoldquantumgasesquantumchromodynamicplasmasandholographicduality |