Higgs phases at non-zero density from holography

TL;DR

This paper presents an analytic holographic approach to modeling Higgs phases at non-zero density by introducing co-dimension one branes that alter the effective curvature, mimicking nucleation effects.

Contribution

It introduces a simple analytic method using co-dimension one branes in a bottom-up holographic model to describe Higgs phases at finite density, bridging top-down and bottom-up approaches.

Findings

Holographic duals can effectively model Higgs phases at finite density.

Co-dimension one branes alter the curvature radius, simulating nucleation effects.

The method provides a tractable way to study non-zero density Higgs phases.

Abstract

We show how Higgs phases at non-zero density can be described using a simple analytic method for gauge theories possessing a holographic dual. We introduce co-dimension one branes in a bottom-up gravity dual that are sources of form flux, such that the effective curvature radius is changed when the brane is crossed. This mimics the expected flow produced by color branes nucleating in a top-down model.