Heating up Galilean holography

Herzog, Christopher P.; Rangamani, Mukund; Ross, Simon F.

Abstract

We embed a holographic description of a quantum field theory with Galilean conformal invariance in string theory. The key observation is that such field theories may be realized as conventional superconformal field theories with a known string theory embedding, twisted by the R-symmetry in a light-like direction. Using the Null Melvin Twist, we construct the appropriate dual geometry and its non-extremal generalization. From the nonzero temperature solution we determine the equation of state. We also discuss the hydrodynamic regime of these non-relativistic plasmas and show that the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio takes the universal value η/s = 1/4π typical of strongly interacting field theories with gravity duals.

Citation

Herzog, C. P., Rangamani, M., & Ross, S. F. (2008). Heating up Galilean holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(11), Article 080. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/080

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 26, 2008
• Deposit Date: Nov 24, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 11, 2012
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2008
• Issue: 11
• Article Number: 080
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/080
• Keywords: AdS-CFT and dS-CFT correspondence, Black holes in string theory.