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Further evidence for lattice-induced scaling

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Horowitz, GT 
Santos, JE 

Abstract

We continue our study of holographic transport in the presence of a background lattice. We recently found evidence that the presence of a lattice induces a new intermediate scaling regime in asymptotically AdS4 spacetimes. This manifests itself in the optical conductivity which exhibits a robust power-law dependence on frequency, σω−2/3, in a "mid-infrared" regime, a result which is in striking agreement with experiments on the cuprates. Here we provide further evidence for the existence of this intermediate scaling regime. We demonstrate similar scaling in the thermoelectric conductivity, find analogous scalings in asymptotically AdS5 spacetimes, and show that we get the same results with an ionic lattice.

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Keywords

AdS-CFT Correspondence, Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS/CMT)

Journal Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

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Journal ISSN

1126-6708
1029-8479

Volume Title

2012

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/G000581/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/J000434/1)