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arxiv: 0708.3459 · v2 · submitted 2007-08-27 · ✦ hep-th

Bulk viscosity of gauge theory plasma at strong coupling

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords bulkviscositygaugeplasmatheoryboundcoupledcoupling
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We propose a lower bound on bulk viscosity of strongly coupled gauge theory plasmas. Using explicit example of the N=2^* gauge theory plasma we show that the bulk viscosity remains finite at a critical point with a divergent specific heat. We present an estimate for the bulk viscosity of QGP plasma at RHIC.

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