HET Seminar - Pavel Kovtun -Univ. of Victoria - Fluctuations and viscosity
Sound waves with long-distance propagation are both a consequence of
hydrodynamics, and a danger to hydrodynamics' very existence, as they
violate the assumption of local equilibration. In the talk, I will
discuss what the thermally excited sound and shear waves do to
viscosity. In 2+1 dimensions, the shear viscosity and the charge
conductivity cease being independent transport coefficients. In 3+1
dimensions, the fluctuations render second-order hydrodynamics invalid.
Location: PCTS Seminar Room
Date/Time: 11/21/11 at 2:30 pm - 11/21/11 at 3:55 pm
Category: High Energy Theory Seminar
Department: Physics