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Incoherent transport for phases that spontaneously break translations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-05-09 v3

Abstract

We consider phases of matter at finite charge density which spontaneously break spatial translations. Without taking a hydrodynamic limit we identify a boost invariant incoherent current operator. We also derive expressions for the small frequency behaviour of the thermoelectric conductivities generalising those that have been derived in a translationally invariant context. Within holographic constructions we show that the DC conductivity for the incoherent current can be obtained from a solution to a Stokes flow for an auxiliary fluid on the black hole horizon combined with specific thermodynamic quantities associated with the equilibrium black hole solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1801.09084,
  title  = {Incoherent transport for phases that spontaneously break translations},
  author = {Aristomenis Donos and Jerome P. Gauntlett and Tom Griffin and Vaios Ziogas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.09084},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

16 pages. Small typo in C.10 fixed. Published version