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High Energy Physics - Theory
Title: The Hydrodynamics of M-Theory
(Submitted on 14 Oct 2002 (v1), last revised 7 Jan 2003 (this version, v3))
Abstract: We consider the low energy limit of a stack of N M-branes at finite temperature. In this limit, the M-branes are well described, via the AdS/CFT correspondence, in terms of classical solutions to the eleven dimensional supergravity equations of motion. We calculate Minkowski space two-point functions on these M-branes in the long-distance, low-frequency limit, i.e. the hydrodynamic limit, using the prescription of Son and Starinets [hep-th/0205051]. From these Green's functions for the R-currents and for components of the stress-energy tensor, we extract two kinds of diffusion constant and a viscosity. The N dependence of these physical quantities may help lead to a better understanding of M-branes.
Submission history
From: Christopher Herzog [view email][v1] Mon, 14 Oct 2002 02:18:39 GMT (16kb)
[v2] Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:39:21 GMT (16kb)
[v3] Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:41:27 GMT (16kb)