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Barbera, Luca (2024)

Exploring The Two-Charge Holographic Superconductor

Master thesis | Physics (MSc)

AdS/CFT gives a framework for using calculations from a weakly curved gravitational theory to describe phenomena in strongly correlated matter. In this work we study some holographic models this has put forward, such as the Reissner-Nordstro ̈m metal and the holographic superconductor. Of these models we observe transport properties like the optical conductivity under both translational invariance and broken symmetry. Lastly, we merged the two systems into the two-charge holographic superconductor and managed to again see the phase transition, measure the optical conductivity and analyse the two- fluid model.

AdS/CFT

Holography

Black Holes

Author

Barbera, Luca

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Specialisation

Research in Theoretical Physics

Supervisors

Schalm, K.E.

ECTS Credits

48

Language

en