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Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas

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Yang, DL; Müller, B
Published in: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
September 10, 2016

We investigate the shear viscosity of thermalized photons in the quark gluon plasma (QGP) at weak coupling and N=4 super Yang–Mills plasma (SYMP) at both strong and weak couplings. We find that the shear viscosity due to the photon–parton scattering up to the leading order of electromagnetic coupling is suppressed when the coupling of the QGP/SYMP is increased, which stems from the blue-shift of the thermal-photon spectrum at strong coupling. In addition, the shear viscosity rapidly increases near the deconfinement transition in a phenomenological model analogous to the QGP.

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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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0370-2693

Publication Date

September 10, 2016

Volume

760

Start / End Page

565 / 570

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Yang, D. L., & Müller, B. (2016). Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 760, 565–570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.034
Yang, D. L., and B. Müller. “Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 760 (September 10, 2016): 565–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.034.
Yang DL, Müller B. Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2016 Sep 10;760:565–70.
Yang, D. L., and B. Müller. “Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 760, Sept. 2016, pp. 565–70. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.034.
Yang DL, Müller B. Shear viscosities of photons in strongly coupled plasmas. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2016 Sep 10;760:565–570.
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Published In

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

DOI

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication Date

September 10, 2016

Volume

760

Start / End Page

565 / 570

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics