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We study the dynamics of a strongly-coupled quantum field theory in a cosmological spacetime using the holographic AdS/CFT correspondence. Specifically we consider a confining gauge theory in an expanding FRW universe and track the evolution of the stress-energy tensor during a period of expansion, varying the initial temperature as well as the rate and amplitude of the expansion. At strong coupling, particle production is inseparable from entropy production. Consequently, we find significant qualitative differences from the weak coupling results: at strong coupling the system rapidly loses memory of its initial state as the amplitude is increased. Furthermore, in the regime where the Hubble parameter is much smaller than the initial temperature, the dynamics is well-modelled as a plasma evolving hydrodynamically.
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Rangamani, M., Rozali, M. & Van Raamsdonk, M. Cosmological particle production at strong coupling. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 213 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)213
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)213