Thermalization and hydrodynamics of two-dimensional quantum field theories
Luca V. Delacretaz, A. Liam Fitzpatrick, Emanuel Katz, Matthew T. Walters
SciPost Phys. 12, 119 (2022) · published 7 April 2022
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.4.119
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Abstract
We consider 2d QFTs as relevant deformations of CFTs in the thermodynamic limit. Using causality and KPZ universality, we place a lower bound on the timescale characterizing the onset of hydrodynamics. The bound is determined parametrically in terms of the temperature and the scale associated with the relevant deformation. This bound is typically much stronger than $\frac{1}{T}$, the expected quantum equilibration time. Subluminality of sound further allows us to define a thermodynamic $C$-function, and constrain the sign of the $\mathcal T\bar{\mathcal T}$ term in EFTs.
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See all Organizations.- 1 University of Chicago [UC]
- 2 Boston University [BU]
- 3 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne [EPFL]
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