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Author Hartnoll, Sean, author.

Title Holographic Quantum Matter / Sean A. Hartnoll, Andrew Lucas, and Subir Sachdev
Published London, England : The MIT Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 390 pages) : illustrations
Contents The holographic correspondence -- Zero density matter -- Quantum critical transport -- Compressible quantum matter -- Metallic transport without quasiparticles -- Symmetry broken phases -- Further topics -- Connections to experiments
Summary "Holographic Quantum Matter describes a new field that has emerged in the past decade at the interface of condensed matter physics and quantum gravity. Experimental discoveries in condensed matter have led to the identification of numerous materials--like high temperature superconductors (HTS)--in which the collective motion of electrons requires deeper understand of quantum effects at large length scales. HTS's act as a "strange metal" in which the charge and energy is not carried by quasiparticles. In the meantime, studies of quantum gravity using string theory led to a major breakthrough with the identification of a mathematical tool known as the holographic correspondence. The authors describe the developments that followed with the realization that states of quantum matter without quasiparticle excitations are precisely those that are efficiently described by the holographic correspondence. The book is addressed to graduate students in theoretical physics, especially those specializing in condensed matter, string theory, or quantum field theory. It presents the necessary background in the study of quantum matter and in string theory, so that students in both fields are apprised of recent developments in the other field. It connects this introductory discussion to what are the most important recent developments. It provides the tools and motivation for performing holographic computations. And it explains how the salient technical results from holographic studies have led to new insights into quantum matter"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis quantum matter
holographic
condensed matter
condensed matter physics
quantum
quantum field theory
holographic duality
duality
black hole
superconductors
theoretical physics
quantum gravity
holographic principle
gauge theory
string theory
cosmology
adSCFT correspondence
anti-de Sitterconformal field theory correspondence
Maldacena duality
gaugegravity duality
holographic correspondence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-381) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Holography.
Duality (Nuclear physics)
Condensed matter.
Science -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
Condensed matter
Duality (Nuclear physics)
Holography
Form Electronic book
Author Sachdev, Subir, 1961- author
Lucas, Andrew (Postdoctoral fellow in theoretical condensed matter physics), author
LC no. 2017057483
ISBN 9780262348010
0262348012
9780262348027
0262348020