Holographic Superconductivity with Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Abstract

I review recent work on holographic superconductivity with Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity, and show how the critical temperature of the superconductor depends on both gravitational backreaction and the Gauss-Bonnet parameter, using both analytic and numerical arguments. I also review computations of the conductivity, finding the energy gap, and demonstrating that there is no universal gap ratio, $ω_g/T_c$, for these superconductors.

Contribution to the proceedings of the conference: Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB-14) 06/2010, Ioannina, Greece. 12 pages latex, 5 figures