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We propose a soft-wall holographic model for describing high-temperature superconductivity. Compared with the existing bottom-up holographic superconductivity models, the proposed approach is more phenomenological. On the other hand, the proposed model is mathematically simpler and has more degrees of freedom for describing the conductivity of real high-temperature superconductors. We construct several examples of such models.
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This research as supported by St. Petersburg State University (Research Grant No. 11.38.189.2014) and in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 16-02-00348-a).
Prepared from an English manuscript submitted by the authors; for the Russian version, see Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 190, No. 2, pp. 254–266, February, 2017.
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Afonin, S.S., Pusenkov, I.V. Phenomenological holographic model of superconductivity. Theor Math Phys 190, 217–227 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040577917020040
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