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arxiv: 1204.1734 · v1 · pith:VJ5AYPC6new · submitted 2012-04-08 · ✦ hep-th

Black holes dual to helical current phases

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keywords blackdualphasetemperaturechern-simonscurrenthelicalholes
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We consider the class of d=4 CFTs at finite temperature and chemical potential that are holographically described within D=5 Einstein-Maxwell theory with a Chern-Simons term. The high temperature phase, which is spatially homogeneous and isotropic, is dual to the AdS-Reissner-Nordstrom black brane solution. For sufficiently large Chern-Simons coupling, we construct new electrically charged AdS black hole solutions that are dual to the low temperature, spatially modulated phase. In this phase the current, associated with the abelian global symmetry, spontaneously acquires a helical order. The new black holes are stationary and also have Bianchi VII$_0$ symmetry.

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