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Toward an AdS/cold atoms correspondence: A geometric realization of the Schrödinger symmetry

D. T. Son
Phys. Rev. D 78, 046003 – Published 4 August 2008
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Abstract

We discuss a realization of the nonrelativistic conformal group (the Schrödinger group) as the symmetry of a spacetime. We write down a toy model in which this geometry is a solution to field equations. We discuss various issues related to nonrelativistic holography. In particular, we argue that free fermions and fermions at unitarity correspond to the same bulk theory with different choices for the near-boundary asymptotics corresponding to the source and the expectation value of one operator. We describe an extended version of nonrelativistic general coordinate invariance which is realized holographically.

  • Received 28 April 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.046003

©2008 American Physical Society

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Glimmers of a connection between string theory and atomic physics

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Results from string theory, generalizing the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence, may offer a fresh set of mathematical tools for understanding some kinds of phase transitions that occur in cold atomic systems.

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D. T. Son

  • Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA

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Vol. 78, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2008

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