From Petrov-Einstein to Navier-Stokes
Contributors: Strominger, Andrew; Sachdev, Subir; Yin, Xi
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: The fluid/gravity correspondence relates solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation to metrics which solve the Einstein equations. We propose propose two possible approaches to establish this correspondence: perturbative expansion for shear modes and large mean curvature expansion for algebraically special metrics.
Notes: Keywords: AdS/CFT, Fluid/gravity, Navier-Stokes, String theory.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014