Universal resistivity from holographic massive gravity

2013/08/31 by Mike Blake, David Tong · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Black hole thermodynamics #Charge (physics) #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dissipation #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Gravitation #Holographic principle #Holography #Horizon #Massive gravity #Mathematical physics #Momentum (technical analysis) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.88.106004

published as Phys. Rev. D 88, 106004 (2013) · 20 pages, JHEP style, v2: added references, additional comments on more general graviton potentials in Sec. 5, v3: typos corrected to match published version

openalex publication_date 2013/11/21 · arxiv created 2013/12/09 · arxiv updated 2013/12/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Massive gravity provides a holographic model for theories exhibiting momentum dissipation. We provide an analytic expression for the DC conductivity. The result is universal, depending only on properties of the infrared horizon, and holds at finite temperature and charge density. In addition, we provide a derivation of black hole thermodynamics in holographic massive gravity and show that the resulting physics is sensible.

Citations

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• Holography without translational symmetry
• Metallic AdS/CFT
• Product CFTs, gravitational cloning, massive gravitons and the space of gravitational duals
• Theoretical Aspects of Massive Gravity
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