Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal

Abstract We compute the electrical conductivities at non-zero frequency in a top-down holographic model of a Weyl semimetal, consisting of N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 supersymmetric SU(N c ) Yang-Mills theory coupled to N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 hypermultiplets with mass m, subject to an applied axial vec...

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Main Authors: Haruki Furukawa, Sacha Ployet, Ronnie Rodgers
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)115
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description Abstract We compute the electrical conductivities at non-zero frequency in a top-down holographic model of a Weyl semimetal, consisting of N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 supersymmetric SU(N c ) Yang-Mills theory coupled to N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 hypermultiplets with mass m, subject to an applied axial vector field b. The model exhibits a first-order phase transition between a Weyl semimetal phase at small m/b and an insulating phase at large m/b. The conductivities develop peaks and troughs as functions of real frequency at low temperatures and for m/b close to the phase transition. We compute the poles of the conductivities as functions of complex frequency, finding poles with small imaginary part at low temperatures and close to the phase transition.
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spelling doaj-art-15bac90b93b94153a1f14c74b1ef3d6f2025-08-20T04:01:42ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025713910.1007/JHEP07(2025)115Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetalHaruki Furukawa0Sacha Ployet1Ronnie Rodgers2Department of Physics, University of IllinoisDepartment of Physics, Université Paris-SaclayNordita, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract We compute the electrical conductivities at non-zero frequency in a top-down holographic model of a Weyl semimetal, consisting of N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 supersymmetric SU(N c ) Yang-Mills theory coupled to N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 hypermultiplets with mass m, subject to an applied axial vector field b. The model exhibits a first-order phase transition between a Weyl semimetal phase at small m/b and an insulating phase at large m/b. The conductivities develop peaks and troughs as functions of real frequency at low temperatures and for m/b close to the phase transition. We compute the poles of the conductivities as functions of complex frequency, finding poles with small imaginary part at low temperatures and close to the phase transition.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)115AdS-CFT CorrespondenceHolography and Condensed Matter Physics (AdS/CMT)Holography and Hydrodynamics
spellingShingle Haruki Furukawa
Sacha Ployet
Ronnie Rodgers
Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
Journal of High Energy Physics
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Holography and Condensed Matter Physics (AdS/CMT)
Holography and Hydrodynamics
title Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
title_full Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
title_fullStr Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
title_full_unstemmed Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
title_short Conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane Weyl semimetal
title_sort conductivities and excitations of a holographic flavour brane weyl semimetal
topic AdS-CFT Correspondence
Holography and Condensed Matter Physics (AdS/CMT)
Holography and Hydrodynamics
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)115
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