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Spectral densities for hot QCD plasmas in a leading-log approximation

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We compute the spectral densities of Tμν and Jμ in high-temperature QCD plasmas at small frequency and momentum, ω, k ~ g4T. The leading log Boltzmann equation is reformulated as a Fokker-Planck equation with nontrivial boundary conditions, and the resulting partial differential equation is solved numerically in momentum space. The spectral densities of the current, shear, sound, and bulk channels exhibit a smooth transition from free-streaming quasiparticles to ideal hydrodynamics. This transition is analyzed with conformal and nonconformal second-order hydrodynamics and a second-order diffusion equation. We determine all of the second-order transport coefficients that characterize the linear response in the hydrodynamic regime.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044908
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume82
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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