Some new results for "jet" stopping in AdS/CFT

TL;DR

This paper explores jet stopping in strongly-coupled plasmas via gauge-gravity duality, revealing a new typical stopping distance scaling with energy as E^{1/4}, contrasting with the previously known maximum scaling of E^{1/3}.

Contribution

It introduces a distinction between typical and maximum jet stopping distances and identifies a new energy scaling for typical stopping distances in strongly-coupled plasmas.

Findings

Typical stopping distance scales as E^{1/4}

Maximum stopping distance scales as E^{1/3}

Highlights the importance of distinguishing between typical and maximum stopping behaviors

Abstract

We give a breezy, qualitative overview of some of our recent results on studying jet stopping in strongly-coupled plasmas using gauge-gravity duality. Previously, people have found that the maximum stopping distance in such plasmas scales with energy as E^{1/3}. We show that there is an important distinction between typical and maximum stopping distances. For the strongly-coupled excitations that we study, we find that the typical stopping distance scales with energy as E^{1/4}.