Transport properties of holographic defects

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DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/115zbMATH Open1329.81321arXiv0811.0480OpenAlexW2140596468MaRDI QIDQ905586FDOQ905586


Authors: Robert C. Myers, Matthias C. Wapler Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 20 January 2016

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

Abstract: We study the charge transport properties of fields confined to a (2+1)-dimensional defect coupled to (3+1)-dimensional super-Yang-Mills at large-c and strong coupling, using AdS/CFT techniques applied to linear response theory. The dual system is described by f probe D5- or D7-branes in the gravitational background of c black D3-branes. Surprisingly, the transport properties of both defect CFT's are essentially identical -- even though the D7-brane construction breaks all supersymmetries. We find that the system possesses a conduction threshold given by the wave-number of the perturbation and that the charge transport arises from a quasiparticle spectrum which is consistent with an intuitive picture where the defect acquires a finite width. We also examine finite-lambda modifications arising from higher derivative interactions in the probe brane action.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0480




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