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Holographic Pair and Charge Density Waves

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-02-22 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We examine a holographic model in which a U(1) symmetry and translational invariance are broken spontaneously at the same time. Our construction provides an example of a system with pair-density wave order, in which the superconducting order parameter is spatially modulated but has a zero average. In addition, the charge density oscillates at twice the frequency of the scalar condensate. Depending on the choice of parameters, the model also admits a state with co-existing superconducting and charge density wave orders, in which the scalar condensate has a uniform component.

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@article{arxiv.1612.04385,
  title  = {Holographic Pair and Charge Density Waves},
  author = {Sera Cremonini and Li Li and Jie Ren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04385},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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