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Transport and spectral functions in high-temperature QCD

Gert Aarts
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The current status of transport coefficients in relativistic field theories at high temperature is reviewed. I contrast weak coupling results obtained using kinetic theory/diagrammatic techniques with strong coupling results obtained using gauge/gravity duality, and describe the recent developments in extracting transport coefficients and spectral functions from lattice QCD simulations. The fate of quarkonium at high temperature as seen from the lattice is briefly mentioned as well.

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Gert Aarts. 2007-10-03. Transport and spectral functions in high-temperature QCD. https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0739

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