Holographic spectral functions and diffusion constants for fundamental matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Myers, Robert C ^a,b,c   Starinets, Andrei O ^a   Thomson, Rowan M ^a,b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Gauge gravity correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849032942     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/091     Document Type: Article

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