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Duality between zeroes and poles in holographic systems with massless fermions and a dipole coupling

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-01-12 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We discuss the zeroes and poles of the determinant of the retarded Green function (detGR\det G_R) at zero frequency in a holographic system of charged massless fermions interacting via a dipole coupling. For large negative values of the dipole coupling constant pp, detGR\det G_R possesses only poles pointing to a Fermi liquid phase. We show that a duality exists relating systems of opposite pp. This maps poles of detGR\det G_R at large negative pp to zeroes of detGR\det G_R at large positive pp, indicating that the latter corresponds to a Mott insulator phase. This duality suggests that the properties of a Mott insulator can be studied by mapping the system to a Fermi liquid. Finally, for small values of pp, detGR\det G_R contains both poles and zeroes (pseudo-gap phase).

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@article{arxiv.1404.4010,
  title  = {Duality between zeroes and poles in holographic systems with massless fermions and a dipole coupling},
  author = {James Alsup and Eleftherios Papantonopoulos and George Siopsis and Kubra Yeter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.4010},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

17 pages, 4 figures, improved discussion -- PRD version