Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal gauge-string duality

Steven S. Gubser; Silviu S. Pufu; Amos Yarom

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.012301

Sonic booms and diffusion wakes generated by a heavy quark in thermal gauge-string duality

Steven S. Gubser
, Silviu S. Pufu
, Amos Yarom

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We evaluate the Poynting vector generated by a heavy quark moving through a thermal state of N=4 gauge theory using the gauge-string duality. A significant diffusion wake is observed as well as a Mach cone. We discuss the ratio of the energy going into sound modes to the energy coming in from the wake.

Original language	English
Article number	012301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	100
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.012301
State	Published - 9 Jan 2008
Externally published	Yes

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