Towards a holographic model of D-wave superconductors

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.106008· OSTI ID:21409794

Chen, J -W; Kao, Y -J; Yeh, C -P ^[1]; Maity, Debaprasad; Wen, W -Y ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)

The holographic model for S-wave high T{sub c} superconductors developed by Hartnoll, Herzog, and Horowitz is generalized to describe D-wave superconductors. The 3+1 dimensional gravitational theory consists of a symmetric, traceless second-rank tensor field and a U(1) gauge field in the background of the anti-de Sitter black hole. Below T{sub c} the tensor field, which carries the U(1) charge, undergoes the Higgs mechanism and breaks the U(1) symmetry of the boundary theory spontaneously. The phase transition characterized by the D-wave condensate is second order with the mean field critical exponent {beta}=1/2. As expected, the AC conductivity is isotropic below T{sub c}, and the system becomes superconducting in the DC limit but has no hard gap.

• OSTI ID: 21409794
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.106008; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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