Dynamical Hawking radiation and holographic thermalization

TL;DR

This paper investigates how strongly coupled plasma thermalizes by examining black hole equilibration and Hawking radiation through gauge/gravity duality, providing insights into holographic thermalization processes.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analysis of the thermalization process in strongly coupled plasma via holographic duality, focusing on black hole dynamics and Hawking radiation.

Findings

Stress tensor and scalar correlators approach equilibrium values

Fluctuation-dissipation theorem applies during thermalization

Black hole geometry equilibrates through Hawking radiation

Abstract

Using gauge/gravity duality, we study the thermalization of strongly coupled N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma. We analyze the expectation value of the stress tensor and scalar correlation functions and the applicability of the fluctuation dissipation theorem. Via gauge/gravity duality, this maps into studying the equilibration of a black hole geometry and its Hawking radiation.