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DTSTART:20131115T213000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Viscosity\, Quark Gluon Plasma\, and String Theory\, Physics D
 epartment Colloquium\, Dam Son\, University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Viscosity is a very old concept which was introduced to ph
 ysics by Navier in the 19th century. However\, in strongly coupled sys
 tems\, viscosity is difficult to compute from first principle. In this
  talk I will describe some recent surprising developments in string th
 eory which allow one to compute the viscosity for a class of strongly 
 interacting quantum fluids not too dissimilar to the quark gluon plasm
 a. The approach has lead to a new understanding of the effects of quan
 tum anomalies in relativistic fluid dynamics. I will describe efforts 
 to measure the viscosity and other physical properties of the quark gl
 uon plasma created in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3035
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