Drag Force of Moving Quark in STU Background

TL;DR

This paper calculates the drag force and diffusion constant for a moving quark in a thermal plasma using the STU black hole solution within the AdS/CFT framework, providing insights into quark dynamics in strongly coupled plasmas.

Contribution

It introduces a novel calculation of drag force and diffusion constant for a quark in a supergravity thermal plasma using the three-charge STU black hole background.

Findings

Calculated drag force for a moving quark in STU background.

Derived diffusion constant from the black hole solution.

Enhanced understanding of quark behavior in strongly coupled plasmas.

Abstract

In this paper we consider a quark moving in D=5, ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ supergravity thermal plasma. By using three charge non-extremal black hole solution (STU solution) we calculate drag force on the quark and diffusion constant from $AdS$/CFT correspondence.