Sound waves in strongly coupled non-conformal gauge theory plasma

Using gauge theory/gravity duality we study sound wave propagation in strongly coupled non-conformal gauge theory plasma. We compute the speed of sound and the bulk viscosity of N = 2* supersymmetric SU(N c) Yang-Mills plasma at a temperature much larger than the mass scale o...

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Main Authors: Benincasa, P, Buchel, A, Starinets, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006