Large-density field theory, viscosity, and "$2k_F$" singularities from string duals

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2012-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/1203.1015v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

28 pages. v2: added references

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We analyze systems where an effective large-N expansion arises naturally in gauge theories without a large number of colors: a sufficiently large charge density alone can produce a perturbative string ('tHooft) expansion. One example is simply the well-known NS5/F1 system dual to $AdS_3\times T^4\times S^3$, here viewed as a 5+1 dimensional theory at finite density. This model is completely stable, and we find that the existing string-theoretic solution of this model yields two interesting results. First, it indicates that the shear viscosity is not corrected by $\alpha'$ effects in this system. For flow perpendicular to the F1 strings the viscosity to entropy ratio take the usual value $1/4\pi$, but for flow parallel to the F1's it vanishes as $T^2$ at low temperature. Secondly, it encodes singularities in correlation functions coming from low-frequency modes at a finite value of the momentum along the $T^4$ directions. This may provide a strong coupling analogue of finite density condensed matter systems for which fermionic constituents of larger operators contribute so-called "$2k_F$" singularities. In the NS5/F1 example, stretched strings on the gravity side play the role of these composite operators. We explore the analogue for our system of the Luttinger relation between charge density and the volume bounded by these singular surfaces. This model provides a clean example where the string-theoretic UV completion of the gravity dual to a finite density field theory plays a significant and calculable role.

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