A calculation of the bulk viscosity in SU(3) gluodynamics

dc.creatorMeyer, Harvey B.
dc.date2007-10-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:38:14Z
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dc.descriptionWe perform a lattice Monte-Carlo calculation of the trace-anomaly two-point function at finite temperature in the SU(3) gauge theory. We obtain the long-distance properties of the correlator in the continuum limit and extract the bulk viscosity zeta via a Kubo formula. Unlike the tensor correlator relevant to the shear viscosity, the scalar correlator depends strongly on temperature. If s is the entropy density, we find that zeta/s becomes rapidly small at high T, zeta/s<0.15 at 1.65T_c and zeta/s<0.015 at 3.2T_c. However zeta/s rises dramatically just above T_c, with 0.5<zeta/s<2.0 at 1.02T_c.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3717
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3717
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.100:162001,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.162001
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199490
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleA calculation of the bulk viscosity in SU(3) gluodynamics
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