Viscosity in strongly interacting quantum field theories from black hole physics.

The ratio of shear viscosity to volume density of entropy can be used to characterize how close a given fluid is to being perfect. Using string theory methods, we show that this ratio is equal to a universal value of variant Planck's over 2pi/4pik(B) for a large class of strongly interacting qu...

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Main Authors: Kovtun, P, Son, D, Starinets, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005