Geons and Spin-2 Condensates in the AdS Soliton
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-11 v2
Abstract
We construct geons starting with gravitational perturbations of the AdS soliton. Previous studies of a charged scalar field in the soliton background showed a holographic insulator/superconductor transition at a critical chemical potential. We explore the possibility that dimensional reduction of the geon could model a transition to a d-wave superconductor. We find that although one does get a charged spin-2 condensate, it has higher free energy than the state without the condensate, so there is no phase transition.
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@article{arxiv.1210.1606,
title = {Geons and Spin-2 Condensates in the AdS Soliton},
author = {Gavin S. Hartnett and Gary T. Horowitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1606},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, v2: minor changes to Fig. 2