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Stability of Horava-Lifshitz Black Holes in the Context of AdS/CFT
The anti--de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence is a
powerful tool that promises to provide new insights toward a full understanding
of field theories under extreme conditions, including but not limited to
quark-gluon plasma, Fermi liquid and superconductor. In many such applications,
one typically models the field theory with asymptotically AdS black holes.
These black holes are subjected to stringy effects that might render them
unstable. Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity, in which space and time undergo
different transformations, has attracted attentions due to its power-counting
renormalizability. In terms of AdS/CFT correspondence, Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz
black holes might be useful to model holographic superconductors with Lifshitz
scaling symmetry. It is thus interesting to study the stringy stability of
Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz black holes in the context of AdS/CFT. We find that
uncharged topological black holes in Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz theory are
nonperturbatively stable, unlike their counterparts in Einstein gravity, with
the possible exceptions of negatively curved black holes with detailed balance
parameter close to unity. Sufficiently charged flat black holes for
close to unity, and sufficiently charged positively curved black
holes with close to zero, are also unstable. The implication to the
Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz holographic superconductor is discussed.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures. Updated version accepted by Phys. Rev. D, with
corrections to various misprints. References update
Bulk Band Gap and Surface State Conduction Observed in Voltage-Tuned Crystals of the Topological Insulator BiSe
We report a transport study of exfoliated few monolayer crystals of
topological insulator BiSe in an electric field effect (EFE) geometry.
By doping the bulk crystals with Ca, we are able to fabricate devices with
sufficiently low bulk carrier density to change the sign of the Hall density
with the gate voltage . We find that the temperature and magnetic
field dependent transport properties in the vicinity of this can be
explained by a bulk channel with activation gap of approximately 50 meV and a
relatively high mobility metallic channel that dominates at low . The
conductance (approximately 2 7), weak anti-localization, and
metallic resistance-temperature profile of the latter lead us to identify it
with the protected surface state. The relative smallness of the observed gap
implies limitations for EFE topological insulator devices at room temperature.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. In new version, panels have been removed from
Figures 1, 2, and 4 to improve clarity. Additional data included in Figure 4.
Introduction and discussion revised and expande
Kinetic Equation for a Plasma and Its Application to High-frequency Conductivity
Kinetic equation for inhomogenious nonisotropic plasma and application to high frequency conductivit
Empires and Percolation: Stochastic Merging of Adjacent Regions
We introduce a stochastic model in which adjacent planar regions merge
stochastically at some rate , and observe analogies with the
well-studied topics of mean-field coagulation and of bond percolation. Do
infinite regions appear in finite time? We give a simple condition on
for this {\em hegemony} property to hold, and another simple condition for it
to not hold, but there is a large gap between these conditions, which includes
the case . For this case, a non-rigorous analytic
argument and simulations suggest hegemony.Comment: 13 page
Reply to ``Comment on `Insulating Behavior of -DNA on the Micron Scale' "
In our experiment, we found that the resistance of vacuum-dried -DNA
exceeds at 295 K. Bechhoefer and Sen have raised a number of
objections to our conclusion. We provide counter arguments to support our
original conclusion.Comment: 1 page reply to comment, 1 figur
Dissipationless Anomalous Hall Current in the Ferromagnetic Spinel CuCrSeBr
In a ferromagnet, an applied electric field invariably produces an
anomalous Hall current that flows perpendicular to the plane
defined by and (the magnetization). For decades, the question
whether is dissipationless (independent of the scattering rate),
has been keenly debated without experimental resolution. In the ferromagnetic
spinel CuCrSeBr, the resistivity (at low temperature)
may be increased 1000 fold by varying (Br), without degrading the .
We show that (normalized per carrier, at 5 K) remains unchanged
throughout. In addition to resolving the controversy experimentally, our
finding has strong bearing on the generation and study of spin-Hall currents in
bulk samples.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
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