Aspects of strongly interacting quantum systems without translational symmetry
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this thesis, we study the emergence and dynamics of strongly interacting quantum field theories in a variety of spacetime dimensions, primarily using the holographic duality. We use the duality to probe the low energy dynamics, thermodynamics, and transport properties of such systems, with an emphasis on understanding the implications of translational symmetry breaking. After illustrating the emergence of strong dynamics in a concrete and phenomenologically motivated example, we utilize the duality to study the structure of low energy excitations in holographic systems, in particular finding instances where the low energy spectral weight has non-trivial momentum space structure. With the inclusion of translational symmetry breaking, we find explicit examples where conjectured bounds on the ratio shear viscosity to entropy density are parametrically violated, as well as evidence for new disordered strongly interacting quantum critical points with non-trivial, disorder dependent critical exponents and exotic transport behavior.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Ramirez, David M |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Hartnoll, Sean |
| Thesis advisor | Hartnoll, Sean |
| Thesis advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Thesis advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
| Advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | David M. Ramirez. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by David Matthew Ramirez
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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