Shear Viscosity in a Gluon Gas

dc.creatorXu, Zhe
dc.creatorGreiner, Carsten
dc.date2007-10-30
dc.date2008-05-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:38:27Z
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dc.descriptionThe relation of the shear viscosity coefficient to the recently introduced transport rate is derived within relativistic kinetic theory. We calculate the shear viscosity over entropy ratio η/s for a gluon gas, which involves elastic gg-> gg perturbative QCD (PQCD) scatterings as well as inelastic gg<->ggg PQCD bremsstrahlung. For α_s=0.3 we find η/s=0.13 and for α_s=0.6, η/s=0.076. The small η/s values, which suggest strongly coupled systems, are due to the gluon bremsstrahlung incorporated.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, minor corrections, 3 references added, version published in PRL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.5719
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.5719
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.100:172301,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.172301
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199568
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleShear Viscosity in a Gluon Gas
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