Gauge gravity duality for d-wave superconductors: Prospects and challenges

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Benini, Francesco ^a   Herzog, Christopher P ^a   Rahmanb, Rakibur ^b   Yarom, Amos ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Classical theories of gravity; Gauge gravity correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649754606     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)137     Document Type: Article

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