A novel formula for bulk viscosity from the null horizon focusing equation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Elinga, Christopher ^a,b   Ozc, Yaron ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black holes; Gauge gravity correspondence; Holography and quark gluon plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053125710     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)007     Document Type: Article

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