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The University of Southampton
STAG Research Centre

String Theory seminar - Pavel Kovtun Seminar

Time:
13:00
Date:
16 November 2022
Venue:
Building 2, Room 1083 (Lecture Theatre B)

For more information regarding this seminar, please email David Turton at [email protected] .

Event details

Title: Relativistic dissipation: from hydrodynamics to effective field theory

Abstract: What is the effective description of macroscopic states in a relativistic theory? Going one step beyond thermodynamics, the simplest classical effective description is given by hydrodynamics. It is well known that relativistic dissipative fluid-dynamical equations found in classic textbooks (Weinberg, Landau & Lifshitz) predict violations of causality and non-existence of equilibrium. In this talk, I will discuss how one can make sense of dissipative relativistic hydrodynamics. Time permitting, I will also discuss why some of the long-distance, late-time predictions of classical hydrodynamics are not universal.

Speaker information

Pavel Kovtun , (Victoria U.).

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