Low shear viscosity due to Anderson localization

Ioannis Giannakis, Defu Hou, Jia-rong Li, and Hai-cang Ren
Phys. Rev. D 77, 027701 – Published 9 January 2008
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Abstract

We study the Anderson localization effect on the shear viscosity in a system with random medium by Kubo formula. We show that this effect can suppress nonperturbatively the shear viscosity and other transport coefficients. The possible relevancy of such a suppression to the near perfect fluid behavior of the quark-gluon plasma created in heavy-ion collisions is discussed.

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  • Received 4 April 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.027701

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ioannis Giannakis1, Defu Hou1,2,*, Jia-rong Li2, and Hai-cang Ren1,2

  • 1Physics Department, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021-6399, USA
  • 2Institute of Particle Physics, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China

  • *hdf@iopp.ccnu.edu.cn

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Vol. 77, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2008

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