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Holographic approach to quark—gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions


V.A. Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Gubkina 8, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

We review recent applications of dual holographic approach to the quark—gluon plasma observed in high energy collisions of relativistic heavy ions. Holography and AdS/CFT duality provide a means to study the properties of strong coupling quantum field theories using higher-dimensional gravity theories. The appearance of quark—gluon plasma in a heavy ion collision can in dual terms be described as the formation of a black hole. To illustrate the major achievements of holographic theory we discuss the calculation of the following quantities: the shear viscosity and other transport coefficients (all calculated by second order hydrodynamic models), the energy dependence of multiplicities, and the anisotropic thermalization and isotropization times. We also compare theoretical predictions with experimental data, including the recent LHC results.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201406a.0569
PACS: 04.50.Gh, 11.25.Tq, 12.38.Mh, 24.85.+p (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201406a.0569
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/6/a/
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Citation: Aref’eva I Ya "Holographic approach to quark—gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions" Phys. Usp. 57 527–555 (2014)
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PT Journal Article
TI Holographic approach to quark—gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions
AU Aref’eva I Ya
FAU Aref’eva IY
DP 10 Jun, 2014
TA Phys. Usp.
VI 57
IP 6
PG 527-555
RX 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201406a.0569
URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/6/a/
SO Phys. Usp. 2014 Jun 10;57(6):527-555

Received: 26th, May 2013, revised: 5th, July 2013, 2nd, August 2013

Оригинал: Арефьева И Я «Голографическое описание кварк-глюонной плазмы, образующейся при столкновениях тяжёлых ионов» УФН 184 569–598 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201406a.0569

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