Holographic superconductor models in the non-minimal derivative coupling theory

We study a general class of holographic superconductor models via the Stiickelberg mechanism in the non-minimal derivative coupling theory in which the charged scalar field is kinetically coupling to Einstein＇s tensor. We explore the effects of the coupling parameter on the critical temperature, the order of phase transitions and the critical expo- nents near the second-order phase transition point. Moreover, we compute the electrical conductivity using the probe approximation and check the ratios wg/Tc for the different coupling parameters.

Stckelberg Holographic Superconductor Models with Backreactions

We study the Stiickelberg holographic superconductors away from the probe limit. We find that the backreaction of the spacetime can bring richer physics in the phase transition. Moreover we observe that the ratio ω9 /Tc changes with the strength of the backreaction and is not a universal constant.

Excited states of holographic superconductors from massive gravity

In this paper,we generalize the study of the model of holographic superconductors in excited states to the framework of massive gravity at the probe limit.By taking into account the effect of a massive graviton,we numerically present a family of solutions for holographic superconductors in excited states and find that the critical temperatures can be higher due to the effect of the massive graviton,in comparison with the superconductor in Einstein gravity.We also investigate the condensates and conductivities in the ground state and the excited states by studying various parameters that determine the framework of gravity background.

Holographic superconductor on a novel insulator

We construct a holographic superconductor model, based on a gravity theory, which exhibits novel metal-insulator transitions. We investigate the condition for the condensation of the scalar field over the parameter space, and then focus on the superconductivity over the insulating phase with a hard gap, which is supposed to be Mott-like. It turns out that the formation of the hard gap in the insulating phase benefits the superconductivity.This phenomenon is analogous to the fact that the pseudogap phase can promote the pre-pairing of electrons in high Tccuprates. We expect that this work can shed light on understanding the mechanism of high Tcsuperconductivity from the holographic side.

Holographic p-Wave Superconductors in Quintessence AdS Black Hole Spacetime

We construct a holographic p-wave superconductor model in the background of quintessence AdS black hole with an SU（2） Yang-Mills gauge field and then probe the effects of quintessence on the holographic p-wave superconduc- tor. We investigate the relation between the critical temperature and the state parameter of quintessence, and present the numerical results for electric conductivity. It is shown that the condensation of the vector field becomes harder as the absolute value of the state parameter increases. Unlike the scalar condensate in the s-wave model, the condensation of the vector field in p-wave model can occur in the total value range of the state parameter wq of quintessence. These results could help us know more about holographic superconductor and dark energy.

New holographic Weyl superconductors in Lifshitz gravity

We build holographic p-wave conductor(insulator)/superconductor models via the numerical method with a new form of Weyl coupling in five-dimensional Lifshitz gravity,and then investigate how the Weyl coupling parameterγand the Lifshitz scaling parameter z affect the superconductor models.In the conductor/superconductor model,an increase in the Weyl correction(Lifshitz scaling)enhances(inhibits)the superconductor phase transition.Meanwhile,both the Weyl correction(when the Lifshitz parameter is large enough and fixed)and the Lifshitz scaling suppress the growth of the real part of the conductivity.The Weyl correction used here(CB^(2))shows weaker effects on the critical value than the previous Weyl correction(CF^(2)).In the insulator/superconductor model,larger vaules of the Weyl parameter hinder the formation of condensate.However,in increase in the Lifshitz scaling enhances the appearance of condensate.In addition,the calculation suggests that a competitive relation may exist between the Weyl correction and the Lifshitz scaling.

Stimulated Holographic P-wave Superconductors

Using classical time-average approximation, critical temperature and condensed solution in holographic pwave superconductors with a time-dependent source is investigated in probe limit. By choosing suitable gauge field ansatz, the equation of motion for a vector field is presented. With the help of the Sturm-Liouville equation, concrete values of phase transition temperature and criticaJ frequency are obtained. It is shown that the phase transition temperature enhances as the frequency of the time-dependent source raises in high frequency regime, which means that the operators on the boundary field theory will be easier to condense.