Black Holes and Nonrelativistic Quantum Systems

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Nickel, Marcel Dominik Johannes; Kovtun, Pavel
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Abstract
We describe black holes in d+3 dimensions, whose thermodynamic properties correspond to those of a scale-invariant nonrelativistic (d+1)-dimensional quantum system with a dynamical exponent z=2. The gravitational model involves a massive Abelian vector field and a scalar field, in addition to the metric. The energy per particle in the dual theory is |μ|d/(d+2) at any temperature (μ is the chemical potential). The ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density is ℏ/4π in any dimension d≥2.
Date issued
2009-01
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51771
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Kovtun, Pavel , and Dominik Nickel. “Black Holes and Nonrelativistic Quantum Systems.” Physical Review Letters 102.1 (2009): 011602. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
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0031-9007
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