Recent Progress in Applying Gauge/Gravity Duality to Quark-Gluon Plasma Physics

Abstract

We give a brief overview of the basic philosophy behind applying gauge/gravity duality to problems in heavy ion physics. Recent progress regarding viscosities, anomalous hydrodynamics, energy loss, as well as thermalization will be reviewed.

Comments: 8 pages, 2 figures; contribution to the proceedings of the 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC11), Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 24th-29th, 2011