Pointlike probes of superstring-theoretic superfluids

Details Pointlike probes of superstring-theoretic superfluids Pointlike probes of superstring-theoretic superfluids

2009-08-11

arxiv.org/abs/0908.1392v2

JHEP 1003:041,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

17 pages, 2 figures, added a figure, a reference, and moved material to an appendix

Scientific paper

10.1007/JHEP03(2010)041

In analogy with an experimental setup used in liquid helium, we use a pointlike probe to study superfluids which have a gravity dual. In the gravity description, the probe is represented by a hanging string. We demonstrate that there is a critical velocity below which the probe particle feels neither drag nor stochastic forces. Above this critical velocity, there is power-law scaling for the drag force, and the stochastic forces are characterized by a finite, velocity-dependent temperature. This temperature participates in two simple and general relations between the drag force and stochastic forces. The formula we derive for the critical velocity indicates that the low-energy excitations are massless, and they demonstrate the power of stringy methods in describing strongly coupled superfluids.

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