String Theory Journal Club

I will talk about the paper "Far from equilibrium energy flow in quantum critical systems" by M. J. Bhaseen, Benjamin Doyon, Andrew Lucas, and Koenraad Schalm (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1311.3655.pdf). The abstract of this paper reads: "We investigate far from equilibrium energy transport in strongly coupled quantum critical systems. Combining results from gauge-gravity duality, relativistic hydrodynamics, and quantum fieldtheory, we argue that long-time energy transport occurs via a universal steady-state for any spatial dimensionality. This is described by a boosted thermal state. We determine the transport properties of this emergent steady state, including the average energy flow and its long-time fluctuations."