Pinning of holographic sliding stripes

作者:Jokela Niko*; Jarvinen Matti*; Lippert Matthew*
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2017, 96(10): 106017.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.106017

摘要

In a holographic probe-brane model exhibiting a spontaneously spatially modulated ground state, we introduce explicit sources of symmetry breaking in the form of ionic and antiferromagnetic lattices. For the first time in a holographic model, we demonstrate pinning, in which the translational Goldstone mode is lifted by the introduction of explicit sources of translational symmetry breaking. The numerically computed optical conductivity fits very well to a Drude-Lorentz model with a small residual metallicity, precisely matching analytic formulas for the DC conductivity. We also find an instability of the striped phase in the presence of a large-amplitude ionic lattice.

  • 出版日期2017-11-27
  • 单位中国科学院理论物理研究所