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arxiv: 1210.6053 · v1 · pith:LSQYV537new · submitted 2012-10-22 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-th· nucl-th

Quantum chaos in the perfect fluid: spectrum of initial fluctuations in the little bang

classification ✦ hep-ph hep-thnucl-th
keywords fluctuationsquantumanomalouslybangchaosclassicalcollisionsdecohere
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We outline how unstable quantum fluctuations decohere classical fields in heavy ion collisions, leading to an equation of state and hydrodynamics. Explicit numerical realization of this framework in a scalar $\phi^4$ theory demonstrates that anomalously low values of $\eta/s$ can be generated.

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