Persistent superconductor currents in holographic lattices

Norihiro Iizuka, Akihiro Ishibashi, Kengo Maeda

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Abstract

We consider a persistent superconductor current along the direction with no translational symmetry in a holographic gravity model. Incorporating a lattice structure into the model, we numerically construct novel solutions of hairy charged stationary black branes with momentum or rotation along the latticed direction. The lattice structure prevents the horizon from rotating, and the total momentum is only carried by matter fields outside the black brane horizon. This is consistent with the black hole rigidity theorem, and it suggests that in dual field theory with lattices, superconductor currents are made up of "composite" fields, rather than "fractionalized" degrees of freedom. We also show that our solutions are consistent with the superfluid hydrodynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number011601
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume113
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jul 2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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