The Membrane Paradigm for Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Details The Membrane Paradigm for Gauss-Bonnet gravity The Membrane Paradigm for Gauss-Bonnet gravity

2011-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/1107.1260v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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We construct the membrane paradigm for black objects in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in spacetime dimensions $ \ge 5$. As in the case of general relativity, for the observers outside the horizon the dynamics of the perturbations of the horizon can be modelled as a membrane endowed with fluid-like properties. We derive the stress-tensor for this membrane fluid and study the perturbation around static backgrounds with constant curvature horizon cross-section to express the stress tensor in the form of a Newtonian viscous fluid with pressure, shear viscosity and bulk viscosity. The ratio of the shear viscosity and the entropy density is shown to generically violate the bound suggested by Policastro, Son and Starinets. We evaluate the transport coefficients for some static geometries. For the black brane geometry our results match with those available in the literature. For the spherically symmetric AdS black hole our results can be interpreted as a holographic prediction for the transport coefficients and viscosity to the entropy density ratio for the dual conformal field theory living on the boundary, $S^3 \times R$.

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