title: Horizon formation and far-from-equilibrium isotropization in a supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma.
abstract: Using gauge-gravity duality, we study the creation and evolution of anisotropic, homogeneous strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma. In the dual gravitational description, this corresponds to horizon formation in a geometry driven to be anisotropic by a time-dependent change in boundary conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Chesler
authors.forename: Laurence G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Yaffe