The second sound of SU(2)

Christopher P. Herzog; Silviu S. Pufu

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/126

The second sound of SU(2)

Christopher P. Herzog, Silviu S. Pufu

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Abstract

Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we calculate the transport coefficients of a strongly interacting system with a non-abelian SU(2) global symmetry near a second order phase transition. From the behavior of the poles in the Green's functions near the phase transition, we determine analytically the speed of second sound, the conductivity, and diffusion constants. We discuss similarities and differences between this and other systems with vector order parameters such as p-wave superconductors and liquid helium-3.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	126
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2009
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/126
State	Published - 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

Black holes
Gauge-gravity correspondence
Spontaneous symmetry breaking

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