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arxiv: 0803.3295 · v1 · submitted 2008-03-22 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.supr-con· gr-qc

Building an AdS/CFT superconductor

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We show that a simple gravitational theory can provide a holographically dual description of a superconductor. There is a critical temperature, below which a charged condensate forms via a second order phase transition and the (DC) conductivity becomes infinite. The frequency dependent conductivity develops a gap determined by the condensate. We find evidence that the condensate consists of pairs of quasiparticles.

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