Title:
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Phase Transitions, Inhomogeneous Horizons and Second-Order Hydrodynamics
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Author:
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Attems, Maximilian; Bea, Yago; Casalderrey Solana, Jorge; Mateos, David (Mateos Solé); Triana Iglesias, Miquel; Zilhão, Miguel
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
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We use holography to study the spinodal instability of a four-dimensional, strongly-coupled gauge theory with a first-order thermal phase transition. We place the theory on a cylinder in a set of homogeneous, unstable initial states. The dual gravity configurations are black branes afflicted by a Gregory-Laflamme instability. We numerically evolve Einstein's equations to follow the instability until the system settles down to a stationary, inhomogeneous black brane. The dual gauge theory states have constant temperature but non-constant energy density. We show that the time evolution of the instability and the final states are accurately described by second-order hydrodynamics. In the static limit, the latter reduces to a single, second-order, non-linear differential equation from which the inhomogeneous final states can be derived. |
Subject(s):
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-Forats negres (Astronomia) -Holografia -Hidrodinàmica -Black holes (Astronomy) -Holography -Hydrodynamics |
Rights:
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cc-by (c) Attems, Maximilian et al., 2017
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es |
Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
Published by:
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Springer Verlag
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