Pavel Kovtun, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Latest papers

Late Time Correlations in Hydrodynamics: Beyond Constitutive Relations.
Physical review letters · 2022 · senior author
Towards hydrodynamics without an entropy current.
Physical review letters · 2012
Black holes and nonrelativistic quantum systems.
Physical review letters · 2009 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Theories of hot and dense matter: from hydrodynamics to holography
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$450,000
Hydrodynamics, Quantum Anomalies, and Gravitation
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$340,000

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Late Time Correlations in Hydrodynamics: Beyond Constitutive Relations.

Jain A, Kovtun P

Physical review letters2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.071601 PMID: 35244422

02

Towards hydrodynamics without an entropy current.

Jensen K, Kaminski M, Kovtun P, Meyer R, Ritz A, Yarom A

Physical review letters2012

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.101601 PMID: 23005277

03

Black holes and nonrelativistic quantum systems.

Kovtun P, Nickel D

Physical review letters2009First author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.011602 PMID: 19257179

04

Black holes and universality classes of critical points.

Kovtun P, Ritz A

Physical review letters2008First author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.171606 PMID: 18518276

Theories of hot and dense matter: from hydrodynamics to holography

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Subatomic Physics Envelope - Individual

Principal investigators: Kovtun, Pavel

Keywords: relativistic hydrodynamics; ads/cft correspondence; quark-gluon plasma; thermal field theory

$450,000

Hydrodynamics, Quantum Anomalies, and Gravitation

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Subatomic Physics Envelope - Individual

Principal investigators: Kovtun, Pavel

$340,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Physics & Astronomy

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Kristan Jensen

Physics & Astronomy

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Kovtun, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Late Time Correlations in Hydrodynamics: Beyond Constitutive Relations." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Theories of hot and dense matter: from hydrodynamics to holography" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Pavel Kovtun