Origin of the Drude peak and of zero sound in probe brane holography
Origin of the Drude peak and of zero sound in probe brane holography
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DOI:
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.10.023
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发表时间:
2017-09
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Chi-Fang Chen;A. Lucas
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作者:
Chi-Fang Chen;A. Lucas
At zero temperature, the charge current operator appears to be conserved, within linear response, in certain holographic probe brane models of strange metals. At small but finite temperature, we analytically show that the weak non-conservation of this current leads to both a collective “zero sound” mode and a Drude peak in the electrical conductivity. This simultaneously resolves two outstanding puzzles about probe brane theories. The nonlinear dynamics of the current operator itself appears qualitatively different.