Motivated by the vast string landscape, we consider the shear viscosity to entropy density
ratio in conformal field theories dual to Einstein gravity with curvature square corrections …

In recent work we showed that, for a class of conformal field theories (CFT) with Gauss-
Bonnet gravity dual, the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio, η/s, could violate the …

We use the real-time finite-temperature AdS/CFT correspondence to compute the effect of
general R 2 corrections to the gravitational action in AdS space on the shear viscosity of the …

We review the modern view of fluid dynamics as an effective low-energy, long-wavelength
theory of many-body systems at finite temperature. We introduce the concept of a nearly …

A theoretical framework for the calculation of shear and bulk viscosities of hadronic matter at
finite temperature is presented. The framework is based on the quasiparticle picture. It …

Building on our earlier work and that of Son, we construct string theory duals of non-
relativistic critical phenomena at finite temperature and density. Concretely, we find black …

Using field theory techniques we analyze the perfect fluid limit, defined as fastest possible
local equilibration, in a medium with polarizability, defined as a nonzero local equilibrium …

We calculate the shear viscosity of field theories with gravity duals using Kubo formula by
calculating the Green function of dual transverse gravitons and confirm that the value of the …

We show that the squared speed of sound vs 2 is bounded from above at high temperatures
by the conformal value of 1/3 in a class of strongly coupled four-dimensional field theories …

Theoretical studies of the production of real thermal photons in relativistic heavy ion
collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are performed. The space-time …