Zero-viscosity limit in a holographic Gauss–Bonnet liquid

2014
15 pages
Published in:
  • Theor.Math.Phys. 182 (2015) 1, 61-73,
  • Teor.Mat.Fiz. 182 (2014) 1, 76-90
  • Published: 2015

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Abstract: (Springer)
In recent papers, it was hypothesized that there exist dissipationless quantum liquids, i.e., liquids with zero or vanishingly small viscosity and zero entropy production, which nevertheless have nontrivial second-order transport coefficients. A natural candidate for a dissipationless liquid is the hypothetical conformal quantum liquid, whose holographically dual description in the infrared limit is given by the five-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet gravity. It is known that shear viscosity in that theory can be made arbitrarily small as the Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter approaches a critical value. We evaluate the transport coefficients of a Gauss-Bonnet liquid (nonperturbatively in the coupling parameter, three of the six coefficients were previously unknown) and consider the zero-viscosity limit. We show that three of the five second-order coefficients are nonzero in this limit, but they do not satisfy the criterion of zero entropy production. Hence, the holographic Gauss-Bonnet liquid is not a dissipationless quantum liquid.
  • gauge-gravitational duality
  • Gauss-Bonnet gravity
  • hydrodynamics
  • transport coefficient
  • viscosity
  • gauge–gravitational duality
  • Gauss–Bonnet gravity
  • liquid: quantum
  • entropy: production
  • duality: holography