The fluid manifesto: emergent symmetries, hydrodynamics, and black holes

Haehl, Felix M.; Loganayagam, R.; Rangamani, Mukund

Abstract

We focus on the question of how relativistic fluid dynamics should be thought of as a Wilsonian effective field theory emerging from Schwinger-Keldysh path integrals. Taking the basic principles of Schwinger-Keldysh formalism seriously, we are led to a series of remarkable statements and conjectures, which we phrase in terms of a broad programme relating relativistic fluid dynamics and topological sigma models. Apart from the intrinsic interest for these ideas from the non-equilibrium field theory viewpoint, we also emphasize its relevance to various fundamental questions in black hole physics.

Citation

Haehl, F. M., Loganayagam, R., & Rangamani, M. (2016). The fluid manifesto: emergent symmetries, hydrodynamics, and black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(1), Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282016%29184

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 13, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jan 29, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 2, 2019
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2016
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 184
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282016%29184