Analytical investigation of the phase transition between holographic insulator and superconductor in Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Pan, Qiyuan ^a   Jing, Jiliang ^a   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Black holes in string theory; Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS CMT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255161079     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)088     Document Type: Article

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