Problems with Computing Jet Quenching From AdS/CFT

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Speaker(s): 
Justin Vazquez-Poritz
Scientific Areas: 
Quantum Fields and Strings
Collection/Series: 
String Seminars
PIRSA Number: 
06110014

Abstract

I will discuss some ambiguities involved in using the AdS/CFT correspondence
to calculate the ultra-relativistic jet quenching parameter for quarks moving in
an N=4 super Yang-Mills thermal bath. Along the way, I will investigate the behavior of various string configurations on a five-dimensional AdS black hole
background.