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SUMMARY:Gauge-gravity duality beyond thermal equilibrium - Andrei Starinet
 s (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20111019T131500Z
DTEND:20111019T141500Z
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CONTACT:Pau Figueras
DESCRIPTION:String theory technique known as gauge/gravity duality relates
 \ntransport properties of strongly coupled model plasmas (their viscositie
 s\,\nthermal conductivities\, diffusion constants) to quasinormal spectra 
 of\nblack holes in dual curved higher dimensional spacetimes. By computing
 \ntransport coefficients for these theoretical models\, one gets\nqualitat
 ive insights into physics of strongly coupled hot and dense\nnuclear matte
 r created in heavy ion collision experiments at RHIC and\nLHC as well as p
 hysics of cold dense matter. We shall review (at a\nrelatively non-technic
 al level)\nthe current status and perspectives of these nonperturbative me
 thods.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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