U(1)U(1) current from the AdS/CFT: diffusion, conductivity and causality

Nov 27, 2015
26 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 04 (2016) 136
  • Published: Apr 21, 2016
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Abstract: (Springer)
For a holographically defined finite temperature theory, we derive an off-shell constitutive relation for a global U(1) current driven by a weak external non-dynamical electromagnetic field. The constitutive relation involves an all order gradient expansion resummed into three momenta-dependent transport coefficient functions: diffusion, electric conductivity, and “magnetic” conductivity. These transport functions are first computed analytically in the hydrodynamic limit, up to third order in the derivative expansion, and then numerically for generic values of momenta. We also compute a diffusion memory function, which, as a result of all order gradient resummation, is found to be causal.
Note:
  • v1: 26 pages, 12 figures; v2: 29 pages, 9 multi-figures, revised section 6, added one summary(section 7) and one appendix, to be published in JHEP
  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Gauge-gravity correspondence
  • Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS/CMT)
  • Holography and quark-gluon plasmas
  • conductivity: electric
  • expansion: gradient
  • expansion: derivative
  • higher-order: 3
  • hydrodynamics: relativistic
  • AdS/CFT correspondence