Deriving the Kubo Formula for Viscosity in Thermal Relativistic QFT

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The discussion centers on deriving the Kubo formula for viscosity, specifically the expression $$\eta=\lim_{\omega\rightarrow0} \frac{1}{2\omega}\int dt dx\langle[T_{xy}(t,x),T_{xy}(0,0)]\rangle$$, where $T_{xy}$ represents a component of the stress-energy tensor. The original query references the derivation found in the paper "Thermal Field Theory" by J. Kapusta and C. Gale, while also noting the complexity of alternative derivations in other papers. The consensus emphasizes the importance of using standard linear-response theory over specialized models like AdS/CFT for clarity in understanding the Kubo formula.

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  • Study the derivation of the Kubo formula in "Finite-temperature field theory" by J. Kapusta and C. Gale
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I am looking for a derivation of the following formula
$$
\eta=\lim_{\omega\rightarrow0} \frac{1}{2\omega}\int dt dx\langle[T_{xy}(t,x),T_{xy}(0,0)]\rangle,
$$
where $T_{xy}$ is a component of the stress-energy tensor. This is claimed in for instance https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0405231.pdf. There seems to be a derivation in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.7021.pdf, but it seems overly complicated and involved extra features. So before I dig into that paper to try to understand it, I would like to ask if someone knows a simple derivation of the above Kubo formula for the viscosity?
 
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The Kubo formulae are very important. I recommend to first look at the usual many-body approach before using special models like AdS/CFT ;-)). It's linear-response theory. For thermal relativistic QFT you find a nice treatment in

J. Kapusta, C. Gale, Finite-temperature field theory, Cambridge University Press
 
vanhees71 said:
The Kubo formulae are very important. I recommend to first look at the usual many-body approach before using special models like AdS/CFT ;-)). It's linear-response theory. For thermal relativistic QFT you find a nice treatment in

J. Kapusta, C. Gale, Finite-temperature field theory, Cambridge University Press
Actually the paper I referred to just applies the Kubo formula in an AdS/CFT context, but they don't derive it (it just happened to be the place where I saw it). I am interested in a derivation of this formula indeed using standard linear response theory (nothing to do with AdS/CFT). Thanks for the reference, I will have a look.
 

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