String Theory Seminars
Bounds on Energy and Transport in Quantum Field Theory (Quantum Spacetime Seminar Series)
by Prof. Thomas Hartman (Cornell University, USA)
Monday, January 7, 2019
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at A 304
at A 304
Description |
Local energy density can be negative in QFT, but unitary QFTs obey the averaged null energy condition (ANEC). I will show that this constrains the relaxation to equilibrium in relativistic systems at finite temperature, placing bounds on the viscosity and thermalization length. |
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