https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01464-8
Regular Article
The nonabelian plasma is chaotic egenstate thermalization in SU(2) gauge theory
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Department of Physics, Duke University, 27708, Durham, NC, USA
2
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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InQubator for Quantum Simulation, Department of Physics, University of Washington, 98105, Seattle, WA, USA
Received:
3
September
2024
Accepted:
6
January
2025
Published online:
16
January
2025
Nonabelian gauge theories are chaotic in the classical limit. We discuss new evidence from SU(2) lattice gauge theory that they are also chaotic at the quantum level. We also describe possible future studies aimed at discovering the consequences of this insight. Based on a lecture presented by the first author at the Particles and Plasmas Symposium 2024.
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