Second order hydrodynamics of a CFT plasma from boost invariant expansion

TL;DR

This paper calculates finite coupling corrections to second order hydrodynamic coefficients in a boost invariant expansion of N=4 SYM plasma, revealing universal behavior across similar strongly coupled conformal theories.

Contribution

It provides the first computation of finite coupling corrections to nonlinear second order hydrodynamics in boost invariant N=4 SYM plasma, demonstrating universality.

Findings

Finite coupling corrections to second order hydrodynamic coefficients calculated.

Results are universal for a broad class of strongly coupled conformal gauge theories.

Enhances understanding of hydrodynamics at finite coupling in gauge/gravity duality.

Abstract

We compute finite coupling correction to a nonlinear second order hydrodynamic coefficient in the boost invariant expansion of the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma. The result is universal for a large class of strongly coupled four dimensional conformal gauge theories.