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dc.contributor.authorChesler, Paul M.
dc.contributor.authorKilbertus, Niki
dc.contributor.authorvan der Schee, Wilke
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-16T17:16:50Z
dc.date.available2016-08-16T17:16:50Z
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.date.submitted2015-09
dc.identifier.issn1029-8479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103934
dc.description.abstractWe study the collision of planar shock waves in AdS5 as a function of shock profile. In the dual field theory the shock waves describe planar sheets of energy whose collision results in the formation of a plasma which behaves hydrodynamically at late times. We find that the post-collision stress tensor near the light cone exhibits transient non-universal behavior which depends on both the shock width and the precise functional form of the shock profile. However, over a large range of shock widths, including those which yield qualitative different behavior near the future light cone, and for different shock profiles, we find universal behavior in the subsequent hydrodynamic evolution. Additionally, we compute the rapidity distribution of produced particles and find it to be well described by a Gaussian.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHarvard University. Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature (Fundamental Laws Initiative)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Academic Scholarship Foundationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipElite Network of Bavariaen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Berlin Heidelbergen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)135en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceSpringer Berlin Heidelbergen_US
dc.titleUniversal hydrodynamic flow in holographic planar shock collisionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationChesler, Paul M., Niki Kilbertus, and Wilke van der Schee. "Universal hydrodynamic flow in holographic planar shock collisions." Journal of High Energy Physics 2015:135 (2015), pp.1-21.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorvan der Schee, Wilkeen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of High Energy Physicsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2016-05-23T09:37:30Z
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-6623
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