Professor Aristomenis Donos' Outputs (69)

Holographic thermal DC response in the hydrodynamic limit (2017)
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Banks, E., Donos, A., Gauntlett, J. P., Griffin, T., & Melgar, L. (2017). Holographic thermal DC response in the hydrodynamic limit. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(4), Article 045001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa51df

We consider black hole solutions of Einstein gravity that describe deformations of CFTs at finite temperature in which spatial translations have been broken explicitly. We focus on deformations that are periodic in the non-compact spatial directions,... Read More about Holographic thermal DC response in the hydrodynamic limit.

Anisotropic plasmas from axion and dilaton deformations (2016)
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Donos, A., Gauntlett, J. P., & Sosa-Rodriguez, O. (2016). Anisotropic plasmas from axion and dilaton deformations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(11), Article 002. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282016%29002

We construct black hole solutions of type IIB supergravity that are holographically dual to anisotropic plasmas arising from deformations of an infinite class of four-dimensional CFTs. The CFTs are dual to AdS5 × X5, where X5 is an Einstein manifold,... Read More about Anisotropic plasmas from axion and dilaton deformations.

Holographic Magnetisation Density Waves (2016)
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Donos, A., & Pantelidou, C. (2016). Holographic Magnetisation Density Waves. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(10), Article 038. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282016%29038

We numerically construct asymptotically AdS black brane solutions of D = 4 Einstein theory coupled to a scalar and two U(1) gauge fields. The solutions are holographically dual to d = 3 CFTs in a constant external magnetic field along one of the U(1)... Read More about Holographic Magnetisation Density Waves.

Minimally packed phases in holography (2016)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. (2016). Minimally packed phases in holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(3), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep03%282016%29148

We numerically construct asymptotically AdS black brane solutions of D = 4 Einstein-Maxwell theory coupled to a pseudoscalar. The solutions are holographically dual to d = 3 CFTs at finite chemical potential and in a constant magnetic field, which sp... Read More about Minimally packed phases in holography.

DC conductivity of magnetised holographic matter (2016)
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Donos, A., Gauntlett, J., Griffin, T., & Melgar, L. (2016). DC conductivity of magnetised holographic matter. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(1), Article 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282016%29113

We consider general black hole solutions of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory that are holographically dual to conformal field theories at finite charge density with nonvanishing magnetic fields and local magnetisation currents, which generically break... Read More about DC conductivity of magnetised holographic matter.

Navier-Stokes equations on black hole horizons and DC thermoelectric conductivity (2015)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2015). Navier-Stokes equations on black hole horizons and DC thermoelectric conductivity. Physical Review D, 92(12), Article 121901(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.92.121901

Within the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, we show that the DC thermoelectric conductivity can be obtained by solving the linearized, time-independent, and forced Navier-Stokes equations on the black hole horizon for an incompressible and char... Read More about Navier-Stokes equations on black hole horizons and DC thermoelectric conductivity.

Thermoelectric DC conductivities and Stokes flows on black hole horizons (2015)
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Banks, E., Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. (2015). Thermoelectric DC conductivities and Stokes flows on black hole horizons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(10), Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282015%29103

We consider a general class of electrically charged black holes of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory that are holographically dual to conformal field theories at finite charge density which break translation invariance explicitly. We examine the lineari... Read More about Thermoelectric DC conductivities and Stokes flows on black hole horizons.

Magnetothermoelectric response from holography (2015)
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Blake, M., Donos, A., & Lohitsiri, N. (2015). Magnetothermoelectric response from holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(8), Article 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282015%29124

In this note we study the effects of a magnetic field on transport using holographic models with broken translational invariance. We show that, after carefully sub-tracting off non-trivial magnetisation currents, it is possible to express the DC tran... Read More about Magnetothermoelectric response from holography.

Holographic Charge Oscillations (2015)
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Blake, M., Donos, A., & Tong, D. (2015). Holographic Charge Oscillations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(4), Article 019. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282015%29019

The Reissner-Nordström black hole provides the prototypical description of a holographic system at finite density. We study the response of this system to the presence of a local, charged impurity. Below a critical temperature, the induced charge den... Read More about Holographic Charge Oscillations.

Quantum critical transport and the hall angle in holographic models (2015)
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Blake, M., & Donos, A. (2015). Quantum critical transport and the hall angle in holographic models. Physical Review Letters, 114(2), Article 021601. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.021601

We study the Hall conductivity in holographic models where translational invariance is broken by a lattice. We show that generic holographic theories will display a different temperature dependence in the Hall angle as to the dc conductivity. Our res... Read More about Quantum critical transport and the hall angle in holographic models.

The thermoelectric properties of inhomogeneous holographic lattices (2015)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. (2015). The thermoelectric properties of inhomogeneous holographic lattices. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282015%29035

We consider inhomogeneous, periodic, holographic lattices of D = 4 Einstein-Maxwell theory. We show that the DC thermoelectric conductivity matrix can be expressed analytically in terms of the horizon data of the corresponding black hole solution. We... Read More about The thermoelectric properties of inhomogeneous holographic lattices.

Thermoelectric DC conductivities from black hole horizons (2014)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2014). Thermoelectric DC conductivities from black hole horizons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(11), https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282014%29081

An analytic expression for the DC electrical conductivity in terms of black hole horizon data was recently obtained for a class of holographic black holes exhibiting momentum dissipation. We generalise this result to obtain analogous expressions for... Read More about Thermoelectric DC conductivities from black hole horizons.

Holographic Metals and Insulators with Helical Symmetry (2014)
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Donos, A., Goutéraux, B., & Kiritsis, E. (2014). Holographic Metals and Insulators with Helical Symmetry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article 038. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282014%29038

Homogeneous, zero temperature scaling solutions with Bianchi VII spatial geometry are constructed in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton theory. They correspond to quantum critical saddle points with helical symmetry at finite density. Assuming AdS 5 UV asympto... Read More about Holographic Metals and Insulators with Helical Symmetry.

Flowing from AdS5 to AdS3 with T 1,1 (2014)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2014). Flowing from AdS5 to AdS3 with T 1,1. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(8), Article 006. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282014%29006

We construct supersymmetric domain wall solutions of type IIB supergravity that interpolate between AdS5 × T 1,1 in the UV and AdS3 × R 2 × S 2 × S 3 solutions in the IR. The R 2 factor can be replaced with a two-torus and then the solution describes... Read More about Flowing from AdS5 to AdS3 with T 1,1.

Novel metals and insulators from holography (2014)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2014). Novel metals and insulators from holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282014%29007

Using simple holographic models in D = 4 spacetime dimensions we construct black hole solutions dual to d = 3 CFTs at finite charge density with a Q-lattice deformation. At zero temperature we find new ground state solutions, associated with broken t... Read More about Novel metals and insulators from holography.

Holographic Q-lattices (2014)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2014). Holographic Q-lattices. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(4), Article 040. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282014%29040

We introduce a new framework for constructing black hole solutions that are holographically dual to strongly coupled field theories with explicitly broken translation invariance. Using a classical gravitational theory with a continuous global symmetr... Read More about Holographic Q-lattices.

Competing p-wave orders (2014)
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Donos, A., Gauntlett, J. P., & Pantelidou, C. (2014). Competing p-wave orders. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/5/055007

We construct electrically charged, asymptotically AdS5 black hole solutions that are dual to d = 4 CFTs in a superfluid phase with either p-wave or (p + ip)-wave order. The two types of black holes have non-vanishing charged two-form in the bulk and... Read More about Competing p-wave orders.

Conformal field theories in d=4 with a helical twist (2014)
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Donos, A., Gauntlett, J., & Pantelidou, C. (2014). Conformal field theories in d=4 with a helical twist. Physical Review D, 91(6), Article 066003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.91.066003

Within the context of holography we study the general class of d=4 conformal field theories (CFTs) after applying a universal helical deformation. At finite temperature we construct the associated black hole solutions of Einstein gravity, numerically... Read More about Conformal field theories in d=4 with a helical twist.

Interaction-driven localization in holography (2013)
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Donos, A., & Hartnoll, S. A. (2013). Interaction-driven localization in holography. Nature Physics, 9(10), 649-655. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2701

Interaction-driven charge localization across a quantum phase transition involves a fundamental rearrangement of the low-energy degrees of freedom. This fact challenges weakly interacting quasiparticle descriptions of the physics. The canonical examp... Read More about Interaction-driven localization in holography.

On the thermodynamics of periodic AdS black branes (2013)
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Donos, A., & Gauntlett, J. P. (2013). On the thermodynamics of periodic AdS black branes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(10), Article 038. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282013%29038

We consider asymptotically AdS black brane solutions that are dual to CFTs with periodic dependence on the spatial directions, arising from either a spontaneous or an explicit breaking of translational symmetry. We derive a simple expression for the... Read More about On the thermodynamics of periodic AdS black branes.