Notes on Properties of Holographic Matter

Aug, 2009
17 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 11 (2009) 017
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Probe branes with finite worldvolume electric flux in the background created by a stack of Dp branes describe holographically strongly interacting fundamental matter at finite density. We identify two quantities whose leading low temperature behavior is independent of the dimensionality of the probe branes: specific heat and DC conductivity. This behavior can be inferred from the dynamics of the fundamental strings which provide a good description of the probe branes in the regime of low temperatures and finite densities. We also comment on the speed of sound on the branes and the temperature dependence of DC conductivity at vanishing charge density.
Note:
  • 18 pages, 2 figures; v2: corrected error in Section 6, conclusions unchanged; v3: improved figures and added clarifying comments
  • density: finite
  • charge: density
  • flux: electric
  • velocity: acoustic
  • dimension: spectrum
  • membrane model
  • temperature dependence
  • matter: holography
  • D-brane