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Umut Gürsoy et al JHEP12(2009)056 doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/12/056

Thermal transport and drag force in improved holographic QCD

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Umut Gürsoya, Elias Kiritsisb, Georgios Michalogiorgakisc and Francesco Nittid

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