Thermalization of Strongly Coupled Field Theories

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Bernamonti, Alice
de Boer, Johannes
Copland, Neil
Craps, Ben
Keski-Vakkuri, Esko
Müller, Berndt O.
Schäfer, Andreas
Shigemori, Masaki
Staessens, Wieland
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Using the holographic mapping to a gravity dual, we calculate 2-point functions, Wilson loops, and entanglement entropy in strongly coupled field theories in d = 2, 3, and 4 to probe the scale dependence of thermalization following a sudden injection of energy. For homogeneous initial conditions, the entanglement entropy thermalizes slowest and sets a time scale for equilibration that saturates a causality bound. The growth rate of entanglement entropy density is nearly volume-independent for small volumes but slows for larger volumes. In this setting, the UV thermalizes first.

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2011-05-09
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Suggested Citation: V. Balasubramanian et al. (2011) Thermalization of Strongly Coupled Field Theories. Physical Review Letters 106, 191601. © 2011 The American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.191601
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