Published October 26, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Homes' law in holographic superconductor with Q-lattices

  • 1. School of Physics and Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology,Gwangju 61005 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Homes' law, ρs=CσDCTc, is an empirical law satisfied by various superconductors with a material independent universal constant C, where ρs is the superfluid density at zero temperature, Tc is the critical temperature, and σDC is the electric DC conductivity in the normal state close to Tc. We study Homes' law in holographic superconductor with Q-lattices and find that Homes' law is realized for some parameter regime in insulating phase near the metal-insulator transition boundary, where momentum relaxation is strong. In computing the superfluid density, we employ two methods: one is related to the infinite DC conductivity and the other is related to the magnetic penetration depth. With finite momentum relaxation both yield the same results, while without momentum relaxation only the latter gives the superfluid density correctly because the former has a spurious contribution from the infinite DC conductivity due to translation invariance.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2016)144; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/17684

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 144
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48056635
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; HOLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE; PENETRATION DEPTH; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RELAXATION; SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERFLUIDITY
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE

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Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP10(2016)144; ARXIV:1608.04653; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:17684
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)