Three seminar dates, two locations Wednesday, Nov 14 at 2:30pm in PSC 1136; Thursday, Nov 15 at 2:30pm in PSC 3150; and Friday, Nov 16 at 2:30pm in PSC 3150
Title: Relativistic Fluid Dynamics Out of Equilibrium
Speaker: Paul Romatschke, University of Colorado
Abstract: In standard textbooks, fluid dynamics is often introduces as a near-equilibrium approximation to classical kinetic theory. Recent advances both in theory for out-of-equilibrium quantum field theories and experimental data from high energy colliders have taught us that the textbooks are wrong: fluid dynamics quantitatively applies in out-of-equilibrium, and highly quantum-mechanical, situations. In these lectures, I will discuss how modern out-of-equilibrium fluid dynamics is set up, how it relates to familiar microscopic approaches such as kinetic theory and gauge/gravity duality, and how and when it breaks down. If time allows, I'll also mention hydrodynamics result for high-energy nuclear collisions at the LHC as an application of this out-of-equilibrium fluid dynamics framework.