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Holographic models for undoped Weyl semimetals

We continue our recently proposed holographic description of single-particle correlation functions for four-dimensional chiral fermions with Lifshitz scaling at zero chemical potential, paying particular attention to the dynamical exponent z = 2. We present new results for the spectral densities and...

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Autores principales: Gursoy, Umut, Jacobs, Vivian, Plauschinn, Erik, Stoof, Henk, Vandoren, Stefan
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2013)127
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1477872
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Sumario:We continue our recently proposed holographic description of single-particle correlation functions for four-dimensional chiral fermions with Lifshitz scaling at zero chemical potential, paying particular attention to the dynamical exponent z = 2. We present new results for the spectral densities and dispersion relations at non-zero momenta and temperature. In contrast to the relativistic case with z = 1, we find the existence of a quantum phase transition from a non-Fermi liquid into a Fermi liquid in which two Fermi surfaces spontaneously form, even at zero chemical potential. Our findings show that the boundary system behaves like an undoped Weyl semimetal.