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Competition/Enhancement of Two Probe Order Parameters in the Unbalanced Holographic Superconductor
We introduce and study a simple unbalanced holographic superconductor model
with two scalar order parameters. The attention is focused on the possibility
of coexisting orderings corresponding to the concomitant condensation of two
scalar operators. Through a probe analysis we show that an attractive or
repulsive direct interaction between the two bulk scalars leads respectively to
competition and enhancement of the associated condensates. The system at hand
is a toy model for studying generic multiple ordering in a strongly coupled
context and some comments are given about its applicability to the
ferromagnetic unconventional superconductors.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figure
Motions of Curves in the Projective Plane Inducing the Kaup-Kupershmidt Hierarchy
The equation of a motion of curves in the projective plane is deduced. Local
flows are defined in terms of polynomial differential functions. A family of
local flows inducing the Kaup-Kupershmidt hierarchy is constructed. The
integration of the congruence curves is discussed. Local motions defined by the
traveling wave cnoidal solutions of the fifth-order Kaup-Kupershmidt equation
are described
Minimal Model for an Unbalanced Holographic Superconductor
We describe the simplest holographic model for an s-wave unbalanced
superconductor in 2+1 dimensions. We study its phase diagram and linear
response features with particular attention to the possibility of spatially
modulated phases (LOFF) and mixed spin-electric properties. The normal phase of
the model at hand allows us to analyze a strong-coupling generalization of Mott
two-current model for spintronic systems; the superconducting phase features an
interesting DC spin-superconductivity without spin-symmetry breaking .Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, Proceedings of the Corfu Summer Institute 2012
"School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity", September
8-27, 2012, Corfu, Greec
Simplest phonons and pseudo-phonons in field theory
We study the emergence of Nambu-Goldstone modes due to broken translation
symmetry in field theory. Purely spontaneous breaking yields a massless phonon
which develops a mass upon introducing a perturbative explicit breaking. The
pseudo-phonon mass agrees with Gell Mann-Oakes-Renner relations. We analyze the
simplest possible theories featuring gradient Mexican hats and describing
space-dependent order parameters. We comment on homogeneous translation
breaking and the connections with holographic Q-lattices.Comment: 25 pages, 1 figure; (v3 extended analysis, typo fixed
Innovation in Marketing Channels
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