1–3 Aug 2016
Plymouth University
Europe/London timezone
The 14th International workshop on QCD in extreme conditions, Aug. 1-3 2016

Collisions in Non-conformal Theories: Hydrodynamization without Equilibration

1 Aug 2016, 16:10
25m
Portland Square (Plymouth University)

Portland Square

Plymouth University

Drake Circus Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK
Talk Transport properties and probes Monday PM

Speaker

Dr Jorge Casalderrey Solana (University of Oxford)

Description

We numerically simulate gravitational shock wave collisions in a holographic model dual to a non-conformal four-dimensional gauge theory. We find two novel effects associated to the non-zero bulk viscosity of the resulting plasma. First, the hydrodynamization time increases. Second, if the bulk viscosity is large enough then the plasma becomes well described by hydrodynamics before the equilibrium equation of state becomes applicable. We discuss implications for the quark-gluon plasma created in heavy ion collision experiments.

Primary author

Dr Jorge Casalderrey Solana (University of Oxford)

Presentation materials