Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal AdS/CFT
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We evaluate the Poynting vector generated by a heavy quark moving through a thermal state of N=4 gauge theory using AdS/CFT. A significant diffusion wake is observed as well as a Mach cone. We discuss the ratio of the energy going into sound modes to the energy coming in from the wake.
4 pages, 1 figure, revtex4
4 pages, 1 figure, revtex4