13–17 Mar 2023
ECT*
Europe/Rome timezone

Pseudo-spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Hydrodynamics and Holography

16 Mar 2023, 14:20
20m
Aula Renzo Leonardi (ECT*)

Aula Renzo Leonardi

ECT*

Strada delle Tabarelle 286, I-38123 Villazzano (Trento)

Speaker

Martin Ammon (University of Jena)

Description

We investigate the hydrodynamics of systems with pseudo-spontaneously broken U(1) - symmetry and Goldstone phase relaxation. The proposed hydrodynamic framework capturing these, in principle independent, effects is tested within two concrete holographic models. We find agreement between the hydrodynamic dispersion relations and the quasi-normal modes of both holographic models. In case of an explicit U(1) symmetry breaking we show the validity of a universal relation between the phase relaxation rate, the mass of the pseudo-Goldstone and the Goldstone diffusivity.

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