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AC conductivity for a holographic Weyl Semimetal

Authors :
Grignani, Gianluca
Marini, Andrea
Pena-Benitez, Francisco
Speziali, Stefano
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We study the AC electrical conductivity at zero temperature in a holographic model for a Weyl semimetal. At small frequencies we observe a linear dependence in the frequency. The model shows a quantum phase transition between a topological semimetal (Weyl semimetal phase) with a non vanishing anomalous Hall conductivity and a trivial semimetal. The AC conductivity has an intermediate scaling due to the presence of a quantum critical region in the phase diagram of the system. The phase diagram is reconstructed using the scaling properties of the conductivity. We compare with the experimental data of [1502.03807] obtaining qualitative agreement.<br />Comment: 27 pages, 5 figures and 3 appendices. Published version; references added, discussion of section 5 extended and typos corrected

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1612.00486
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)125