Parton branching and medium-induced radiation in a strongly coupled plasma

TL;DR

This paper reviews how the gauge/gravity duality framework describes parton behavior in strongly coupled plasmas, focusing on energy loss and momentum broadening of heavy quarks.

Contribution

It introduces a strong coupling parton picture derived from gauge/gravity duality and discusses its implications for quark energy loss in plasma.

Findings

Parton branching in strong coupling is described via gauge/gravity duality.

Heavy quark energy loss mechanisms are characterized at strong coupling.

Momentum broadening effects are analyzed within the duality framework.

Abstract

I review the parton picture at strong coupling emerging from the gauge/gravity duality together with its consequences for the energy loss and momentum broadening of a heavy quark moving through a strongly coupled plasma.