Holographic superconductivity in Einsteinian Cubic Gravity

TL;DR

This paper investigates holographic superconductors within Einsteinian cubic gravity, revealing how higher curvature corrections influence the critical temperature of the superconducting phase transition in a four-dimensional AdS background.

Contribution

It introduces the study of holographic superconductivity in Einsteinian cubic gravity, highlighting the effects of higher curvature terms on phase transition properties.

Findings

Higher curvature coupling lowers the critical temperature.

Holographic superconductor behavior is affected by cubic gravity corrections.

Results extend understanding of higher curvature effects in holography.

Abstract

We study the condensation of a charged scalar field in a $(3+1)$-dimensional asymptotically AdS background in the context of Einsteinian cubic gravity, featuring a holographic superconductor with higher curvature corrections corresponding to a CFT with a non-vanishing value of the stress tensor three-point function $t_4$. As it was previously noticed for higher dimensional Gauss-Bonnet theory, we observe that the critical temperature of the superconducting phase transition is lowered as the higher curvature coupling grows.