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| Description | Speaker: Mukund Rangamani Location: Physics 432 Title: Gravity & Hydrodynamics Abstract: Classical general relativity describes the dynamics of gravity through the Einstein's equations, while relativistic fluids are governed by a generalization of the famous Navier-Stokes equations. Though a-priori we don't tend to think of these two physical systems in the same breath, I will argue that in a certain dynamical regime, the gravitational equations precisely become those of fluid dynamics. This statement, which embodies the fluid/gravity correspondence, has over the past few years not only helped us in understanding the transport properties of some strongly coupled systems, but is proving to be a prototype for the development of an autonomous theory of hydrodynamics. I will explain the basic statement of the correspondence and the lessons we have learned from it, focussing on the development of a Wilsonian effective field theory for thermal systems. |
| Date | Thu, February 26, 2015 |
| Time | 5:10am-6:00am PST |
| Duration | 50 minutes |
| Access | Public |
| Created by | High-Energy Seminars |
| Updated | Tue, February 24, 2015 3:14am PST |
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