Beyond eta/s = 1/4pi

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We use low-energy effective description of gauge theory/string theory duality to argue that the Kovtun-Son-Starinets viscosity bound is generically violated in superconformal gauge theories with non-equal central charges $c\ne a$. We present new examples (of string theory constructions and of gauge theories) where the bound is violated in a controllable setting. We consider the comparison of results from AdS/CFT calculations to the QCD plasma in the context of this discussion.
44 pages, v2: Minor changes to numerics in section 4, references added, v3: published version

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High Energy Physics - Theory

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223630

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2521
 http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2521
 JHEP 0903:084,2009
 doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/084

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