Special Physics/Math Seminar
Speaker: Andreas Karch
Title: Holographic Transport
Host: Luty
Room: 432
Abstract: String Theory has provided us with a large class of solvable
toy models of strong coupling dynamics. These holographic toy models
provide valuable insights whenever the real physical system is beyond
our ability to do controlled calculations. I'll review important
insights that have been gained using this tool regarding viscosities,
energy loss, non-Fermi liquids, and non-equilibrium physics. I'll
discuss to what extend these theoretical developments can be used to
explain experimental data from the heavy-ion experiments at RHIC or LHC,
as well as the phase structure of high-Tc superconductors or other
strongly correlated systems.
