Using general relativity to study superconductivity

Abstract

It has recently been shown that in addition to describing black holes, gravitational waves, and other gravitational phenomena, general relativity can also describe aspects of non-gravitational physics including condensed matter. This is a result of a remarkable gauge/gravity duality that has emerged from string theory. The author has explained this surprising development, and illustrated it by showing how general relativity can reproduce aspects of superconductivity. This novel approach may eventually yield new insight into the known high temperature superconductors. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.