On viscosity of Quark Gluon Plasma
Defu Hou
CCNU , Wuhan
RHIC-Star full TOF detector and related physics in China
Hangzhou April 27-29
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Outlines
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Introduction and motivation
Viscosity from Kubo formula
Viscosity from kinetic theory (Boltzmann Eq)
Viscosity from AdS/CFT
Summary
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QCD under extreme conditions
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At very High T or density ( deconfined)
High T (Early universe, heavy-ion collisions)
High density matter ( in the core of neutron stars)
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Motivations
Experiments aspect:
@ RHIC
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Robust collective flows, well described by ideal
hydro with Lattice-based EoS. This indicates very
strong interaction even at early time => sQGP
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sQGP seems to be the almost perfect fluid known
/s>= .1-.2<<1
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Study of dissipative effects on <v2>
How sensitive is elliptic flow to finite /s?
Viscous Hydro
P. Romatschke, PRL99 (07)
Dependence on tp relaxation time
II0 order expansion
with green terms (D. Rischke)
Cascade (2<->2,2<->3)
Z. Xu & C. Greiner, PRL 101(08)
Agreement for s=0.3 – 0.6
/s=0.15 – 0.08
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Theoretic aspect:
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To calculate Trsp. Coefs. in FT in highly nontrivial
(nonperturbative ladder resummation) (c around 5)
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String theory method: AdS/CFT
/s
(D.Son et al 2003)
= 1/4p
. Kinetic theory + uncertainty principle (Gyulassy)
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Main obstacle for theory
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QCD in nonperturbative regime (T~200Mev)
Pertburb. Expansion of QCD is not well behaved for realistic T
For thermodyn.,one can use lattice and resummation techniques
Kinetic coefficients are difficult to extract from lattice
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Shear Viscosity
Fx
v x
 
A
y
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Viscosity from Kubo formula
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Nonlinear Response
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S. Jeon, PRD 52; Carrington, Hou, Kobes, PRD61
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Carrington, Hou, Kobes, PRD64 (2001)
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Hou, hep-ph/0501284
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Viscosity from kinetics theory
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Viscosity of hot QCD at finite density
Fluctuation of distribution
(s: species)
Boltzmann Equation
Recast the Boltzmann equation
P.Arnold, G.D.Moore and G.Yaffe,
JHEP 0011(00)001
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Shear viscosity
With a definition of inner product and expanded distribution functions,
where
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Collision terms
Performing the integral over dk’ with the help of
Scattering
amplitude
Distribution function term
\chi term
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Matrix Element
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Variation method gives
Liu, Hou, Li EPJC 45(2006)
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Computing transport coefficients from
AdS/CFT
In the regime described by a gravity dual
the correlator can be computed using
AdS/CFT
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AdS/CFT at finite temperature
Classical Supergravity on AdS-BH×S5
=
conjecture
Witten ‘98
4dim. Large-Nc strongly coupled
SU(Nc) N=4 SYM at finite temperature
(in the deconfinement phase).
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Field Theory
=
Gauge Theories
QCD
Gravity Theory
Quantum Gravity
String theory
Holography
the large N limit
Supersymmetric Yang Mills
N large
Gravitational theory in 10 dimensions
Calculations
Correlation functions
Quark-antiquark potential
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AdS/CFT now being applied to
RHIC physics
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Viscosity, /s.
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EOS
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Jet quenching
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“Sound” waves
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Photon production
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Friction …
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Heavy quarkonium
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Hardron spectrum (ADS/QCD)
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Universality of shear viscosity in the regime
described by gravity duals
Graviton’s component
obeys equation for a minimally
coupled massless scalar. But then
.
we get
Since the entropy (density) is
D. Son, P. Kovtun, A.S., hep-th/0405231
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Shear viscosity in
SYM
P.Arnold, G.Moore, L.Yaffe, 2001
Correction to
: A.Buchel, J.Liu, A.S., hep-th/0406264
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A viscosity bound conjecture
P.Kovtun, D.Son, A.S., hep-th/0309213, hep-th/0405231
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Universality of
Theorem:
For any thermal gauge theory (with zero chemical
potential), the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy
density is equal to
in the regime described
by a corresponding dual gravity theory
Remark:
Gravity dual to QCD (if it exists at all) is currently
unknown.
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Possible Mechanisms for Low viscosity
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Large cross-section, strong coupling
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Anomalous viscosity: turbulence
M. Asakawa, S.A. Bass, B.M., hep-ph/0603092, PRL
See Abe & Niu (1980) for effect in EM plasmas
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Take moments of


p
 r   p D( p )  p  f (r , p, t )  C  f 
 

t
E


p
with pz2
2
2
4
1
g
B
t
N
1
g
ln
g
1
1
m
2
 O 1 2 c

O
10




3

Nc  1
sT
T3
 A C
M. Asakawa, S.A. Bass, B.M., hep-ph/0603092
See Abe & Niu (1980) for effect in EM plasmas
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Low viscosity due to Anderson Local.
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AL effect renders infinite reduces viscosity
significantly even at weak coupling
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Mechanism:coherent backscattering (CBS)
effect
Ginaaki, Hou , Ren PRD 77(2008)
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Summary
Approches to calculate viscosity
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Kubo formula: via correlation functions
of currents
Transport theory: Boltzmann Eqs. (for
weak scattering)
ADS/CFT(strongly coupled)
Lattice calculation (noisy)
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Thanks
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Renormalized diffusion
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Weak Localization (WL)
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Anderson proposed (‘58) that electronic diffusion
can vanish in a random potential (AL)
Experiments detected ( Ishimaru 1984,Wolf Maret
1985)
Mechanism:coherent backscattering (CBS) effect
after a wave is multiply scattered many times， its phase
coherence is preserved in the backscattering direction，
the probability of back scattering is enhenced via
constructive interference
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Viscosity with random medium
System:
quasi-particles
in random potential
Candidate disorder in sQGP ?
1. The islands of heavy state; bound states (Shuryak);
2. The reminiscent of confinement vaccum, say the
domain structure of 't Hooft's monopole
condensation;
3. The disoriented chiral condensate (DCC);
4. CGC
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Response function
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BS Eq. In Diagrams
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Localization length
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Itinerant states
---- Localized States
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II Some applications to N=4 SUSY YM Plasma:
Equation of state in strong coupling:
Plasma temperature = Hawking temperature
Near Schwarzschild horizon
z  z h (1   2 )
ds2  d 2 
  1
4 2 2 1
2

dt

d
x
z h2
z h2
Continuating to Euclidean time, t  it
 2 
2d polarcoordinates   , t 
 zh 
To avoid a conic singularity at   0 , the period of t  pz h
4
1
ds  d  2  2 dt 2  2 dx 2
zh
zh
2
2
Recalling the Matsubara formulation
1
T
pz h
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Free energy = temperature X (the gravity action without metric fluctuations)
E. Witten, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 2, 505 (1998), hep-th/9803131.
Consider a 4D Euclidean space of spatial volume V_3 at z  
The EH action of AdS-Schwarzschild:
zh

1
dz V3   1
1

I EH 0  
V3 (20  12)  dt  5 
 4 
4

16pG5
8pG5  
zh 
0
 z
The EH action of plain AdS
I
( 0)
EH
 
1
dz V3   1
0  
V3 (20  12)  dt 5 
4
16pG5
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p
G
z

5
0

----- To eliminate the conic singularity,   pz n
----- To match the proper length in Euclidean time

4 
( 0)
0
    f     1  4   I GH 0  I GH
2
z
h 

Plasma free energy:
F
1
lim

I 0  I
( 0)
EH
V3
p2 2 4
0  

N c T V3
8
16pG5 z h4
 0

Plasma entropy:
p2 2 3
 F 
S  
N c T V3
 
2
 T V3
EH

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Bekenstein-Hawking entropy:
Gubser, Klebanov & Pest, PRD54, 3915 (1996)
S BH
1
1 horizonarea
  (horizonarea) measuredin Planckunits  
8
4
4
l
P
1
where l P  10d PlancklengthG 8
------ The metric on the horizon：
ds2 
1
2
2
d
x

d

5
z h2
T hehorizonarea 
V3
 ( thesolid angle of S 5 )  p 6T 3V3
3
zh
------ The gravitational constant of the dual:
 S BH 
1 2 2 3
p N c T V3  S plasma
2
G10  l 
8
P
p4
2 N c2
agree with the entropy extraced from the gravity action.
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The ratio 3/4:
The plasma entropy density at N c   and   
s  S / V3 
1 2 2 3
Nc p T
2
The free field limit:
the contents of N=4 SUSY YM
number
gauge potential
1
real scalars
6
6
1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3
Nc p T  Nc p T
30
5
Weyl spinors
4
8
7
7 2 2 3
N c2p 2T 3 
Nc p T
240
30
entropy density
1 2 2 3
Nc p T
30
2 2 2 2
Nc p T
3
s
3

 0.75
(0)
s
4
s (0) 
s
 0 .8.
The lattice QCD yields
s0
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Shear viscosity in strong coupling:
Policastro, Son and Starinets, JHEP09, 043 (2002)
Kubo formula
1
R
   lim 0 Im G xy, xy ( ,0)

G
R
xy, xy
( , q)   dtdxe
i t  i q  x
 (t )  Txy ( x),Txy (0) 
where
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Gravity dual:
the coefficient of
term of the gravity action
hxy2
pT
1
2
2
2

ds 
 fdt  dx   2 du
u
4u f
2
2
2
2
z
u 2
zh
f  1 u
2
0  u 1
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The metric fluctuation
pT
1 2
2
2
 

ds 
 fdt  dx   2 du  h (t, z, u)dx dx
u
4u f
2 2
2
Substituting into Einstein equation
R  4g   0
 
 
g  0
 
x 
 g x 
1
and linearize
u
where   h  2 2 hxy
p T
x
y
The Laplace equation of a scalar field
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Calculation details:
------ Nonzero components of the Christofel (up to symmetris):


ttu  2p 2T 2 u 4  1
utt 
1 2 f 
uuu     
2u f 
iju  2p 2T 2 f ij
1 f  1
  
2  f u 
uji  
1
 ij
2u
i , j  x, y , z
------ Nonzero components of the Ricci tensor:
4p 2T 2
Rtt 
f
u
4p 2T 2
Rij  
 ij
u
Ruu  
1
u2 f
Linear expansion:
     
 xyt 
withnonzerocomponents(up to symmetries) :
1

2f
1
2
 xyz    , z
1
2
1
2
 ytx   xty  
 yzx   xzy   , z
R   R   r 
rxy  
r x y  4h x y  
1
2pT 
1
2pT 
2
2
 xyu  2p 2T 2 f   u , u 
1
2
 yux   xuy   , u
with the only nonzero component
 u

 f

    u , zz   2u 3
  , u   4
u  u

 f

 u

 f
1
 

  
    u , zz   2u 3   , u   

g
g


 
f

u
u

x

x
2

g






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The solution:
 (t , z, u)  (1  u)
i
 ˆ
2
(1  u )
1
 ˆ
2
 (u)e i ( qz t )
where ˆ 

q
qˆ 
2pT
2pT
 2
d 2
1 i
ˆ 2
2 d
2
u (1  u ) 2   1  (1  i)ˆ u  1  1  i ˆ u
  ˆ  qˆ 
ˆ  i
du 
2
4
du
2



u   0

Heun equation (Fucks equation of 4 canonical singularities)
------trivial when energy and momentum equatl to zero;
------low energy-momentum solution can be obtained perturbatively.

The boundary condition at horizon: u  1
i
 ˆ

i ( qz t )
(1  u ) 2 e
 (t , z, u ) ~ 
i
(1 - u ) 2 ˆ e i ( qz t )

incomingwave  retardedcorrelator
outgoingwave  advancedcorrelator
The incoming solution at low energy and zero momentum:
 (t , z, u)  (1  u)
i
 ˆ
2
ˆ 1  u


1

i
ln
 O(ˆ 2 ) e it

2
2


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T hequadratic termof I EH ( )  I GH ( )
1
1
f
  N c2p 2T 4  du d 4 x
8
u
0

1
  
 f  
2 2 4


V
N
p
T
lim




4
c
u 0 

u
8
u

u




2
i
1
V4 N c2pT 3  V4 G xyR , xy ( ,0)
16
2
i
 G xyR , xy ( ,0)   N c2pT 3
8
1
8
  N c2pT 3
Viscosity ratio:
V_4 = 4d spacetime volume

s
Elliptic flow of RHIC:

1
 0.08
4p

s
 0.1
Lattice QCD: noisy
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III. Remarks:
N=4 SYM is not QCD, since
1). It is supersymmetric
2). It is conformal ( no confinement )
3). No fundamental quarks
---- 1) and 2) may not be serious issues since sQGP is in
the deconfined phase at a nonzero temperature. The
supersymmetry of N=4 SYM is broken at a nonzero T.
---- 3) may be improved, since heavy fundamental quarks
may be introduced by adding D7 branes. ( Krach & Katz)
Introducing an infrared cutoff ---- AdS/QCD:
I EH  
1
dz d 4 x g e  R  12

16pG5
where thedilatonfield   cz 2


Karch, Katz, Son & Stephenov
1
dt 2  dx 2  dz 2
2
z
----- Regge behavior of meson spectrum ---- confinement;
----- Rho messon mass gives c  338MeV;
----- Lack of string theory support.
ds2 
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Deconfinement phase transition:
Hadronic phase:
I EH
hadronic

with ds 2 
Plasma phase:
I EH
plasma

wit h ds 2 
Herzog, PRL98, 091601 (2007)
1
4
 cz 2
R  12
dz
d
x
g
e
16pG5  

1
2
2
2
dt

d
x

dz
z2

1
4
 cz 2
R  12
dz
d
x
g
e
16pG5  



1
4 4 4
2
2
4 4 4
1

p
T
z
dt

d
x

1

p
T z
2
z

1
dz

Hawking-Page transition:
I EH
hadronic
 I EH
plasma
 Tc  0.4917 c  191MeV
2
---- First order transition with entropy jump  N c
---- Consistent with large N_c QCD because of the liberation
of quark-gluon degrees of freedom.
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Epilogue
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AdS/CFT gives insights into physics of thermal
gauge theories in the nonperturbative regime
Generic hydrodynamic predictions can be used to
check validity of AdS/CFT
General algorithm exists to compute transport
coefficients and the speed of sound in any gravity
dual
Model-independent statements can presumably be
checked experimentally
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Mechanisms for Low viscosity

Large cross-section, strong coupling

Anomalous viscosity: turbulence
Soft color fields generate anomalous
transport coefficients, which may give the
medium the character of a nearly perfect fluid
even at moderately weak coupling
M. Asakawa, S.A. Bass, B.M., hep-ph/0603092, PRL
See Abe & Niu (1980) for effect in EM plasmas
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