Abstract
The aim of this project is to study applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence to strongly coupled plasmas similar to the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC. The project is articulated in three parts. Initially, we will study how some observables, such as the Chern-Simons diffusion rate and the bulk viscosity, are affected by spatial anisotropies pre…