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arxiv: 0807.1099 · v3 · pith:BUEW4SS7new · submitted 2008-07-07 · ✦ hep-th

Heating up Galilean holography

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keywords fieldtheoriestheorygalileanstringappropriateconformalconstruct
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We embed a holographic description of a quantum field theory with Galilean conformal invariance in string theory. The key observation is that such field theories may be realized as conventional superconformal field theories with a known string theory embedding, twisted by the R-symmetry in a light-like direction. Using the Null Melvin Twist, we construct the appropriate dual geometry and its non-extremal generalization. From the nonzero temperature solution we determine the equation of state. We also discuss the hydrodynamic regime of these non-relativistic plasmas and show that the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio takes the universal value one over four pi typical of strongly interacting field theories with gravity duals.

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