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Universal conductivity and central charges

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-05-12 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We discuss a class of critical models in d>1+1 dimensions whose electrical conductivity and charge susceptibility are fixed by the central charge in a universal manner. We comment on possible bounds on conductivity, as suggested by holographic duality.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0806.0110,
  title  = {Universal conductivity and central charges},
  author = {Pavel Kovtun and Adam Ritz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0110},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

10 pages; v2: reference added, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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