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SUMMARY:Collisions of inhomogeneous shockwaves in AdS - Daniel Fernandez (
 University of Crete)
DTSTART:20140314T130000Z
DTEND:20140314T140000Z
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CONTACT:Helvi Witek
DESCRIPTION:Holography has proved to be a useful tool to study strongly co
 upled plasmas\, similar to the quark gluon plasma created in heavy ion col
 lision experiments. Moreover\, recently a new approach has shown that it c
 ould be used to study the initial stage of these collisions as well. In th
 is regard\, it remains to be seen how close the holographic studies will a
 ctually be to the experimental observations\, since holographic setups do 
 not describe QCD directly. This talk will consist of a review on how a col
 lision of gravitational shockwaves in an AdS spacetime can model a heavy i
 on collision\, together with a sketch of the numerical techniques involved
  in the calculation. Finally\, I will also comment on the introduction of 
 transverse inhomogeneities that may give a more accurate approach to real 
 world collisions.
LOCATION:Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19)
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