Vortex-boson duality in four space-time dimensions
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2008-11-26 v2 Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A continuum version of the vortex-boson duality in (3+1) dimensions is formulated and its implications studied in the context of a pair Wigner crystal in underdoped cuprate superconductors. The dual theory to a phase fluctuating superconductor (or superfluid) is shown to be a theory of bosonic strings interacting through a Kalb-Ramond rank-2 tensorial gauge field. String condensation produces Higgs mass for the gauge field and the expected Wigner crystal emerges as an interesting space-time analog of the Abrikosov lattice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607310,
title = {Vortex-boson duality in four space-time dimensions},
author = {M. Franz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607310},
year = {2008}
}
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