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Bosonic fractionalisation transitions

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At finite density, charge in holographic systems can be sourced either by explicit matter sources in the bulk or by bulk horizons. In this paper we find bosonic solutions of both types, breaking a global U(1) symmetry in the former case and leaving it unbroken in the latter. Using a minimal bottom-up model we exhibit phase transitions between the two cases, under the influence of a relevant operator in the dual field theory. We also embed solutions and transitions of this type in M-theory, where, holding the theory at constant chemical potential, the cohesive phase is connected to a neutral phase of Schrödinger type, via a z = 2 QCP.

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    Present address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 02139, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

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  1. Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, U.K.

    Alexander Adam, Benedict Crampton & Julian Sonner

  2. DAMTP, University of Cambridge, C.M.S. Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, U.K.

    Julian Sonner

  3. Centre for Particle Theory & Department of Mathematical Sciences, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, U.K.

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Adam, A., Crampton, B., Sonner, J. et al. Bosonic fractionalisation transitions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 127 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2013)127

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