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Lectures on holographic methods for condensed matter physics. (English) Zbl 1181.83003

Summary: These notes are loosely based on lectures given at the CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge theories, February 2009, and at the IPM String School in Tehran, April 2009. I have focused on a few concrete topics and also on addressing questions that have arisen repeatedly. Background condensed matter physics material is included as motivation and easy reference for the high energy physics community. The discussion of holographic techniques progresses from equilibrium, to transport and to superconductivity.

MSC:

83-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory
83D05 Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein’s, including asymmetric field theories
83C47 Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory
83E30 String and superstring theories in gravitational theory
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