A Holographic View on Physics out of Equilibrium

We review the recent developments in applying holographic methods to understand nonequilibrium physics in strongly coupled field theories. The emphasis will be on elucidating the relation between evolution of quantum field theories perturbed away from equilibrium and the dual picture of dynamics of...

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Main Authors: Veronika E. Hubeny, Mukund Rangamani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/297916
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description We review the recent developments in applying holographic methods to understand nonequilibrium physics in strongly coupled field theories. The emphasis will be on elucidating the relation between evolution of quantum field theories perturbed away from equilibrium and the dual picture of dynamics of classical fields in black hole backgrounds. In particular, we discuss the linear response regime, the hydrodynamic regime, and finally the nonlinear regime of interacting quantum systems. We also describe how the duality might be used to learn some salient aspects of black hole physics in terms of field theory observables.
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spelling doaj-art-daf6ee6e95a0471cbcda634fca6a7d4c2025-08-20T02:21:25ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652010-01-01201010.1155/2010/297916297916A Holographic View on Physics out of EquilibriumVeronika E. Hubeny0Mukund Rangamani1Science Laboratories, Centre for Particle Theory and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UKScience Laboratories, Centre for Particle Theory and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UKWe review the recent developments in applying holographic methods to understand nonequilibrium physics in strongly coupled field theories. The emphasis will be on elucidating the relation between evolution of quantum field theories perturbed away from equilibrium and the dual picture of dynamics of classical fields in black hole backgrounds. In particular, we discuss the linear response regime, the hydrodynamic regime, and finally the nonlinear regime of interacting quantum systems. We also describe how the duality might be used to learn some salient aspects of black hole physics in terms of field theory observables.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/297916
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