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Pseudogap and time reversal breaking in a holographic superconductor

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

Classical SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in 3+1 dimensional anti-de Sitter space is known to provide a holographic dual to a 2+1 system that undergoes a superconducting phase transition. We study the electrical conductivity and spectral density of an isotropic superconducting phase. We show that the theory exhibits a pseudogap at low temperatures and a nonzero Hall conductivity. The Hall conductivity is possible because of spontaneous breaking of time reversal symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.0805.3898,
  title  = {Pseudogap and time reversal breaking in a holographic superconductor},
  author = {Matthew M. Roberts and Sean A. Hartnoll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3898},
  year   = {2014}
}

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1+16 pages. 4 figures. PDFLaTeX. v2: Corrections to the conductivity and statements about uplift