Browsing by Author "Salazar Landea, Ignacio"

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    Holographic description of an anisotropic Dirac semimetal
    (2024) Bahamondes, Sebastián; Salazar Landea, Ignacio; Soto Garrido, Rodrigo
    Holographic quantum matter exploits the AdS/CFT correspondence to study systems in condensed matter physics. An example of these systems are strongly correlated semimetals, which feature a rich phase diagram structure. In this work, we present a holographic model for a Dirac semimetal in 2 + 1 dimensions that features a topological phasetransition. Our construction relies on deforming a relativistic UV fixed point with some relevant operators that explicitly break rotations and some internal symmetries. The phase diagram for diferent values of the relevant coupling constants is obtained. The diferent phases are characterized by distinct dispersion relations for probe fermionic modes in theAdS geometry. We find semi-metallic phases characterized by the presence of Dirac conesand an insulating phase featuring a mass gap with a mild anisotropy. Remarkably, we find as well an anisotropic semi-Dirac phase characterized by a massless a fermionic excitation dispersing linearly in one direction while quadratically in the other.
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    Probing holographic flat bands at finite density
    (2024) Grandi, Nicolás; Juričić, Vladimir; Salazar Landea, Ignacio; Soto Garrido, Rodrigo
    Flat band electronic systems exhibit a rich landscape of correlation-driven phases, both at the charge neutrality and finite electronic density, featuring exotic electromagnetic and thermodynamic responses. Motivated by these developments, in this paper, we explicitly include the effects of the chemical potential in a holographic model featuring approximately flat bands. In particular, we explore the phase diagram of this holographic flat band system as a function of the chemical potential. We find that at low temperatures and densities, the system features a nematic phase, transitioning into the Lifshitz phase as the chemical potential or temperature increases. To further characterize the ensuing phases, we investigate the optical conductivity and find that this observable shows strong anisotropies in the nematic phase.