Metal-insulator transition by holographic charge density waves

We construct a gravity dual for charge density waves (CDWs) in which the translational symmetry along one spatial direction is spontaneously broken. Our linear perturbation calculation on the gravity side produces the frequency dependence of the optical conductivity, which exhibits the two familiar...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 113; no. 9; p. 091602
Main Authors Ling, Yi, Niu, Chao, Wu, Jian-Pin, Xian, Zhuo-Yu, Zhang, Hongbao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 29.08.2014
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Summary:We construct a gravity dual for charge density waves (CDWs) in which the translational symmetry along one spatial direction is spontaneously broken. Our linear perturbation calculation on the gravity side produces the frequency dependence of the optical conductivity, which exhibits the two familiar features of CDWs, namely, the pinned collective mode and gapped single-particle excitation. These two features indicate that our gravity dual also provides a new mechanism to implement the metal to insulator phase transition by CDWs, which is further confirmed by the fact that dc conductivity decreases with the decreased temperature below the critical temperature.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.091602