Holographic quantum criticality from multi-trace deformations

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DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2011)051zbMATH Open1250.81083arXiv1008.1581OpenAlexW3102815024MaRDI QIDQ715544FDOQ715544


Authors: Thomas Faulkner, Gary T. Horowitz, Matthew M. Roberts Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 29 October 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We explore the consequences of multi-trace deformations in applications of gauge-gravity duality to condensed matter physics. We find that they introduce a powerful new "knob" that can implement spontaneous symmetry breaking, and can be used to construct a new type of holographic superconductor. This knob can be tuned to drive the critical temperature to zero, leading to a new quantum critical point. We calculate nontrivial critical exponents, and show that fluctuations of the order parameter are `locally' quantum critical in the disordered phase. Most notably the dynamical critical exponent is determined by the dimension of an operator at the critical point. We argue that the results are robust against quantum corrections and discuss various generalizations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1581




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