arXiv · 2609.00558
Iso-$μ/T$ holographic entropy and its attractor for a strongly coupled quantum fluid
Abstract
Numerical evidence has shown that a period of vanishing entropy production during far-from-equilibrium stages induces subsequent violations of the dominant energy condition in strongly coupled plasmas. This behavior also appears to hold for a Bjorken-expanding, hot and dense strongly coupled quantum fluid. In this context, it has been established that the chemical potential-to-temperature ratio ($μ/T$) in the medium increases with higher initial charge density, $ρ_0$, and/or lower initial energy density, $\varepsilon_0$. Here, we present a numerical method to evolve Bjorken R-charged plasmas by varying $(\varepsilon_0,ρ_0)$ in order to generate a curve that preserves a constant $μ/T$. This allows us to address the case in which all Bekenstein-Hawking entropy densities evolve towards configurations with the same $μ/T$. This approach enables a more direct comparison with the $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM plasma case ($μ/T=0$) and, consequently, provides clearer evidence of the correlation between entropy production and violations of the dominant energy condition. Moreover, this procedure offers a characterization (albeit numerical and partial) of the iso$-μ/T$ entropy density hydrodynamic attractor for hot and dense strongly coupled quantum fluids.
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W. Barreto. 2026-09-01. Iso-$μ/T$ holographic entropy and its attractor for a strongly coupled quantum fluid. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00558
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