Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal AdS/CFT

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2007-06-28

arxiv.org/abs/0706.4307v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.100:012301,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

4 pages, 1 figure, revtex4

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.012301

We evaluate the Poynting vector generated by a heavy quark moving through a
thermal state of N=4 gauge theory using AdS/CFT. A significant diffusion wake
is observed as well as a Mach cone. We discuss the ratio of the energy going
into sound modes to the energy coming in from the wake.

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