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arXiv:0909.3553cond-mat.str-el

Quantum Critical Dynamics from Black Holes

Sean A. Hartnoll

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Abstract

This is a short introduction to applications of the holographic correspondence, written primarily for condensed matter theorists. It will become a chapter of the book "Understanding Quantum Phase Transitions," edited by Lincoln D. Carr (Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 2010).

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2+23 pages
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DOI
doi:10.1201/b10273-34
Subjects
cond-mat.str-elStrongly Correlated Electrons cond-mat.stat-mechStatistical Mechanics gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory

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    • In what is known as the "AdS/CFT correspondence" or "holography", it is conjectured/believed (based on many reasonable physical arguments) that a condensed matter system will have an equivalent description in terms of a gravitational system in one higher dimension. In those…

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